About
I’m a recovering Christian of approximately 25 years as of 2018. And by ‘recovering’ I mean I am recovering from formerly being a Christian. I no longer consider myself a ‘Christian’ in terms of someone who follows the tenets of Jesus Christ as recounted in the books of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Recovering from formerly being a Christian is an ongoing process for me whereby I try to reprogram my brain in terms of its propensity to feel guilt, shame, anger, and sadness from, what I consider to be, incredibly damaging idealogy and worldviews.
The content on this site I want to be civil and respectful to all beings, absent of insults to people ‘of faith’. I used to be a person ‘of faith’, and despite where I am today many moons from having stepped foot in a church, I still feel a kinship to people who believe in the Christian God.
My hope is twofold in writing on this website:
One, I hope to convey clearly and concisely my journey away from Christianity. I will do my best to make the story interesting and relevant.
Two, I hope in the telling of my story that it may help others who may be going through similar struggles that I went through.
As the name implies, this site is about my process of recover-ing, not my process of being fully recover-ed. I’m now in my 25th year since I took a leap of faith to leave my life of faith. I have no magic bullet approach to this journey I’m on, but I can say that each day I feel as if, in the words of Sheryl Crow, ‘I get a little closer to feeling fine’.
Thank you for stopping by. I hope you find the information on these pages helpful. Please feel free to drop me a line at these venues below or on this site under the comments portions. I’ll do my best to get back to you in a timely matter.
Sincerely,
TRC (The Recovering Christian)
the.recovering.christian@gmail.com
Twitter Feed = trchristian
Facebook Feed = The Recovering Christian
The Recovering Christian 
i wanted to stay in touch and see what your facebook friends name is
Thanks, Charlie, for keeping in touch.
Stumbled across your twitter account somehow. Glad I did. Nice to know about others who are going through very similar experiences as I am.
In particular I appreciate your attitude: As open, honest and non-judgemental as can be.
Thanks for taking the time to post.
Thank you, Paul. Sorry I took so long to respond. I hope to pick back up with more entries in the new year, and I hope you’ll continue to check back and share your experiences as well. Happy New Year! TRC
“There’s nothing new under the sun.” King Solomon is credited with saying this, isn’t he? Or something along these lines. Well, I blog elsewhere about my life in general but I’ve been itching to set up a blog where I could express myself a little more freely on the subject of religion and/or the lack thereof in my life and social circles as well as in our cultures and all over this crazy planet. I was going to call it, “The Recovering Christian.” Very catchy, I thought. So catchy, I thought, that maybe I should Google it and see what comes up. And here I am. Here you are. Nice to meet you.
It always stuns me, though I suppose it shouldn’t, to read the words of others and see myself in them. It used to take the wind right out of my sails. Then I made peace with it, realizing that no two people are EXACTLY alike, we all have a unique voice and we have different spheres of influence. And it’s interesting and wonderful to know you’re not alone in some life experiences. I read your most recent post and skimmed through a couple others. I will definitely return for more.
I’m 32, a wife, a mother to seven children, living on a little homestead in rural Missouri. I grew up on the fringe of Christianity and as an adult I studied the Bible pretty hard-core until last fall when my husband and I studied ourselves right out of it. We hit a point where we realized the book we held in our hands was purely man-made. Terrifying. Incredibly, deliciously, undeniably freeing. It’s been a remarkable six months. I have learned much about myself and the world around me. You know how it is.
Here’s to the journey!
~K~
makeitdofarm.blogspot.com
Dear Kaleesha,
Your comment on Monday really made my day. Promise to respond more this weekend when I can take a breather. Tough week right now with work deadlines. Really appreciate you checking out my site. I work in agriculture too so I’m really looking
forward to learning more about your
farm. Will write more soon, I promise! Thanks again for your comments. Sincerely, TRC
My fellow RC, I spent a little time putting together my RC blog yesterday. If you’d like to check it out: recoveringchristianconfessions.blogspot.com Look forward to hearing from you. ~K~
Kaleesha, are you still out there? Sorry I never responded back to your request for feedback on your blog. Are you still a ‘recovering christian’? I’ve made a lot of progress in the 6+ years since we last chatted. Just catching back up on some old messages and wanted to say Hello.