Join us for a conversation with poet Ciona Rouse about her journey from cradle United Methodist and pastor’s kid out of Christianity.
Episode Highlights Include:
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- Ciona’s upbringing as a pastor’s kid and her experience as a denominational employee
- Her vocation as a writer and “God as author”
- “It struck me that I had spent my whole life in church and this was the first time I had hung out with prostitutes”
- How “Let’s take a break” became a permanent break from Christianity
- Resting on a limb on the Tree of Knowledge
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