Marc-Henri Sandoz
The Importance of Myth-making in Religious Trauma Recovery
Emily Hedrick is a former pastor turned religious trauma informed spirituality coach who uses neuroscience and spirituality to help...
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Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Jan 19
- 8 min
Revelation is a dance
As I write this piece, I’m listening to “Revelation” by the Afro Bop Alliance Big Band. The music is layered and rhythmically complex....
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Nov 25, 2021
- 2 min
The Wonder-full Path
Author blurb: A former Protestant seminarian and ex-Roman Catholic, Barrett Evans is now skeptical of traditional dogmas but retains a...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
True Believers Anonymous
About the author: A former Protestant seminarian and ex-Roman Catholic, Barrett Evans is an agnostic who has retained a fascination with...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Jul 28, 2021
- 5 min
Loss After Religion
Abi has always been a bit of a wanderer, but no longer sees that as a bad thing. After over 30 years of living, breathing, and teaching...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Jul 5, 2021
- 4 min
Embracing brokenness brings the freedom to be
Josh de Keijzer is a theologian and author. After having worked as a graphic designer and art director he left The Netherlands in 2009 to...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Jun 19, 2021
- 2 min
No One Cares About Your Mystical Experience
Dina Gregory is the author of Love at the Threshold, speaker, and the co-creator of La Befana and Friends. When she is not running around...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Jun 12, 2021
- 3 min
Savior Complex Needs to Die
Follow Maria on Instagram at @renegadesister She describes herself as an uprooted evangelical rhetor, writer, & liturgist trying to pay...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Jun 4, 2021
- 8 min
Thoughts of a deconstructing pastor's wife
Welcome back on the guest posts section of this blog. Read below how Rachel, today’s author, introduces herself: "I am Rachel, I am the...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- May 28, 2021
- 3 min
It is Proper to Doubt
A former Protestant seminarian and ex-Roman Catholic, Barrett Evans is now skeptical of traditional dogmas but retains a fascination with...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- May 22, 2021
- 1 min
"So I took them off"
I’m going to let Erin Banks introduce herself: 'I’m Erin Banks over @goodenougherinb I’m a perfectionist and masterful over thinker who...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- May 16, 2021
- 4 min
Finding Freedom in My Own Truths
David Michael Brand grew up in a Jehovah’s Witness’s family. He wrote a poignant book about his journey. It’s one very clear illustration...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- May 8, 2021
- 4 min
A girl on fire goes through her dark night of the soul
Becki Beasley describes herself as a millennial wife, mother, ex-pastor, friend, writer, photographer and woman, who is trying to make...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Apr 30, 2021
- 1 min
Wanted Guest Posts
I would like to open this section of the blog to your contributions: whoever you are, whatever your spirituality, religion, or absence of...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
The negative effects of meditation
In the current craze for meditation, the emphasis is always on the benefits we can receive from it. They are many and deserve to be...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
Become an explorer of your interiority
For so long, I was taking for granted that I had reasonable access to my interior life: I had one, it was supposed to be rich, and I was...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Apr 19, 2021
- 5 min
Sit with your fear
Here we are in the heart of the storm with this pandemic! And yet each one of us was confronted, just two weeks ago, with all kinds of...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Apr 19, 2021
- 2 min
Don't listen to that voice!
In this post, I especially want to speak to you, to you who were raised in toxic spirituality, in a conservative religious group, in a...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Apr 19, 2021
- 4 min
Spirituality: beware of the shortcuts
Does your spirituality help you to live? Or does it help you avoid life? Often, if we are very lucid about ourselves, our answer must be:...
Marc-Henri Sandoz
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
Sacrifice and suffering
Le sacrifice et la souffrance n'ont pas de valeur en eux-mêmes et ne doivent pas être recherchés ni acceptés passivement...