Cynthia Armistead

“Peace, when I have found it, has come from accepting that I don’t have to solve the riddle of the universe or uncover any magical answers. That life isn’t an elaborate calculus problem, and that God isn’t waiting to punish us if we make an error. I don’t have the answers, but I’m not sure I’m meant to.”
― Sarah McCammon, The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

“They act like the people who deconstruct aren’t the ones who were first in line for every single church thing ever, who’d pored over every theology book, and who really wanted to follow Jesus—the kids who came to youth group every single time,” Petrini said. “They act like it’s a bunch of people who were really gullible, or who were never believers in the first place, instead of people who were in church leadership, people who went to seminary, people who were raised in this and who had very similar experiences to them.”
― Sarah McCammon, The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

“This is the one thing that brings the most meaning and satisfaction to existence,” Grandpa wrote. “I think we are here to help our fellow man,” he said. “To do this we must be accepting first of ourselves and our imperfections, and then, of other people and their differences. To overcome our intolerance and fear of others, and to appreciate and even emulate their good qualities, gives us a feeling for the fullness of”
― Sarah McCammon, The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church

“It’s a slightly different form—and probably a healthier form, I can acknowledge that—of ‘just go talk to the pastor,’” Peck said. “If that’s helpful and useful and is consistent with what the person needs, that can be a really amazing resource. But when that’s a way of not addressing health concerns, or not getting the depression treatment that you need, it can be counterproductive.”
― Sarah McCammon, The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church