Deconstructed. Deconverted. Not Defriended.
Katelyn and Roxy reflect on friends who have left the faith. Audrey Assad joins the episode to share her own spiritual journey away from Christianity.
June 9, 2021
Life is long. Spiritual journeys are winding. Sometimes there are mushrooms.
Plenty has been written about the rise of the so-called nones, those who are unaffiliated with any faith tradition. Many of them were once Christians. But behind the stats are millions of stories and spiritual journeys. Behind the stats are more than a few friends of Katelyn and Roxy. In this episode, the hosts reflect on those who have left the faith: why they left, how to learn from them and what it takes to stay friends.
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After 16 years and 12 albums these veterans of the US CCM scene release what is, undoubtedly, one of their finest albums to date. The Shelter was inspired by an old Irish proverb about finding shelter in community, which is relevant as Jars Of Clay have enlisted a small army of friends - including Amy Grant, David Crowder and Sara Groves - to perform on the record. The opening track Small Rebellions (featuring Brandon Heath) appears, on the surface, to be a delicate pop song but the chorus features lively bursts of electric guitar and the lyrics, If our days could be filled with small rebellions/Senseless, brutal acts of kindness from us all verge on revolutionary. Third Day s Mac Powell lends his rich tones to the country-esque shuffle of Eyes Wide Open , a track that also features Burlap To Cashmere, Derek Webb and an inspired bluegrass-style guitar solo. The highlight of the album though has to be Shelter where TobyMac, Brandon Heath and Audrey A
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Samuel Quarcoo is a waiter at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland, where he has worked since 1975. He is also a part-time teacher in the area. A native of Ghana, where he walked barefoot to school, he immigrated to the U.S. through the generosity of an aunt and earned a master’s degree in teaching.
In 1999, after telling some of his students about the plight of students in Ghana, they decided to donate money to buy school supplies for them. Quarcoo then chose to continue sending supplies to three schools in his native land. For years, as the
Washington Post reports, “he quietly bought backpacks, paper, and crayons on his own and shipped them to school administrators.”