Ciona Rouse – Resting on A Limb Of the Tree of Knowledge

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: 

• • 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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Stay tuned next for: A moderated dialogue between Wayne Jacobsen and Elaine Heath about the different ways they’ve chosen to be Christian in our current religious landscape.

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