when i realized I didn’t belong
The day that I knew I needed to leave was after a large staff event. One of the pastors spoke during his sermon about how little “we” care about people once they leave their role in vocational ministry. The entire room seemed so inspired. They took that comment as bold leadership. But it felt so…
love wasn’t enough
For years, I was a church camp counselor after having been a camper myself. I eventually left both the church and the camp at the same time, after two incidents broke my spirit. The first was when the counselors were taken to a supporting church for a service before camp began. From the pulpit, politics…
i have never felt so threatened in the workplace
I worked at a church as a new parent. On a Sunday, I explained to a children’s ministry leader that my child had a severe diaper rash that had blistered and was still healing. Because of my child’s skin tone, the healing looked different than it might for the predominantly white children who normally attended.…