And Hope Does Not Disappoint

True Stories of Pain and Pleasure from a Recovering Evangelical. Special needs sibling. PhD.
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@C_Stroop I can attest to the push toward orthodoxy at Biola University around 1998- my professors into it basically thought they were the most persecuted of the persecuted Christians.

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@yapplebee @amykaycannon @SDFahrenthold We had Holiday Skate (or Holiday Skating Rink?) in Lancaster, CA. Maybe it was a chain??

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@cindywangbrandt A praise song that got unwittingly stuck in my head recently:

Use me here, as I am
I'm not gonna pray anymore that you change your plan
The future can wait, tomorrow might be too late
So Jesus use me here.

No wonder I was always stressed!

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@deconverted_man Mexicali, Mexico! We were in Southern California, so it was about a 5 hour drive.

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Who here considers themselves #exvangelical and a writer? I wonder if ardent Bible reading/study/quiet times journaling (attempts to know God) morph into writing, research, and memoir (attempts to know ourselves)?

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Haven't listened yet (hope I'm not put on Chapel Probation probation), but looking forward to it 💜

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@VashtiRefused @DearKarla_ Turkey?? As in "What the turkey"?? I love it! 🤣

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New blog post: The Wendy's Garden (Spot) of Good and Evil 😈 https://t.co/3qtYieNtlr

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@LilithUntamed I can't get CHRISTIAN SIDE HUG out of my head!!!!

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@LilithUntamed @C_Stroop The great irony is that if this group performed at my Christian high school I would go home and masturbate all night thinking impure thoughts about them. THEN have to confess the next day. #exposechristianschools

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@LilithUntamed @C_Stroop O MY GOD "Christian Side Hug" actually kinda slaps

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@C_Stroop Correction! 5:28 is the blow job swoop

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@C_Stroop For a taste: the "Total Eclipse of the Heart" skit we did in Mexico (this is not us performing, though.) Watch starting at 4:45 for the gist then Jesus swoops in a 5:50 to get a blow job https://t.co/ggDstlFkdg #emptythepews #exvangelical

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@nazani14 @EliotLandrum @C_Stroop 🤣🤣🤣

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Mime skits for the Lord. Yes, really. Evangelical kids raise money from friends, family, and churches to do Jesus pantomime in front of Catholic Mexicans.

(No hate to Eliot. We’re discussing our evangelical pasts—mission trips are also one of the most embarrassing things I did.)

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@AmericanAir Can you help? I bought an Admiral's Club pass for my husband to work on his classes during his 3 hour layover. They refused him because they are not accepting those? I just want him to have a place to grade papers. He's in Charlotte 😰

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Song of Solomon Story #1: THE BROOM https://t.co/Ghxh1e9OqR