This is Part 3 in the series titled “Split-Brain and the REAL Reason People are Leaving the Church”
I remember the morning quite vividly – though I’ve never really relayed it so as not to frighten the wife and kids…nor my extended family, my church, or the ministry where I work.
There I lay in bed alone, Bible yet unopened across my lap, as I attempted to do my morning “Quiet Time” ritual of conversing with God and learning from his “Word.”
Full of doubts and questions and unable to hear much in return, I remember the thought flashing across my mind: “Oh crap, what if none of this is REAL?”
And in that moment, I allowed myself to believe it.
And it was good.
Now let me back up a bit to before that “fateful” day. Continue reading