It has been a tough week to be an American. Most of us were traumatized when multiple murders just showed up on our feeds before we could avoid seeing them, especially the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
And if that wasn’t bad enough, we can’t seem to stop hating each other. National tragedies used to bring us together in unity. Today, it seems like unity is a thing of that past, at least for now.
BUT! Amid such tragedy, chaos, and so many screaming voices, something remarkable happened this weekend. Thousands, if not millions, of people decided to go back to church for the first time in many years.
Please hear my message loud and clear. Whether you are faith curious and feel pulled to church but are nervous, or whether you are a regular church goer who wants to go deeper, COME AS YOU ARE.
In this episode, I reflect on my own journey back to faith. By now I have told it enough times to stream line it and make it sound like it was seamless. It wasn’t.
I remember the first time I want back to church: a Protestant church, not even the Catholic mass with which I was familiar. I was nervous, unsure if I would feel like I belonged.
I remember my unfamiliarity with the Bible, my questions, the many many times I just fell of the behavior wagon, and the moments of break through until I finally realized that I was never leaving Jesus again.
I hope you will join me for this reflection. I hope it gives you hope, and offers you insight into what God has done and is doing in your own life!
If you want to dive into my other work you can purchase my book Rekindled, or one of my Bible Studies.
Also, if you need a refresher on the Gospel message, check out the first episode of this podcast.
If you are interested in diving into the French Revolution, here are the lectures.
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Praying for the Kirks, against violence, and for our nation,
Mallory Smyth
