If you were indoctrinated with 5 or more of the below toxic lies, you have likely been impacted by religious trauma. Religious Trauma Syndrome (RTS) is a psychological trauma that
About ten years ago this young woman named Rachel Held Evans contacted me because she was beginning to see Christianity differently and wanted to write about it. She sent me
Back in the day, Jim Palmer was a pastor at the largest church in North America. Eventually I walked away from my ministerial career and Christian religion because I no
“There are 8 billion people are on the planet, and about 2.5 billion of them are Christians. Christians claim to have the only-true-God connection and view themselves as the only
by Jim Palmer I’ve come to accept that I’m a late bloomer. For a long time I carried shame about that, as if arriving late to my own life was
From the “Dear Jim” folder (emails I receive): “I was an Evangelical for 27 years of my life. What I got most out of church was: read and pray every
For many years I served as an evangelical megachurch pastor. I entered ministry because I genuinely wanted to help people, and I trusted the belief‑system I inherited as the right
I am an unbeliever in a “God” who is an external, superior, and separate being who must be pleased, obeyed, or reconciled with. I am an unbeliever in a “God”
The conundrums of people… I’ve been attempting to communicate with various ‘maga’ts… I quickly realized some are just not mentally capable of having an intelligent dialog. Others, The ones that
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Our business was doing great, but we still couldn’t afford to buy a house or a condo. Renting in Maui for another 30 years was not an option we wanted to take. Then, Bobbie Jo suggested we buy a sailboat that is comfortable to cruise and live in. By the end of January, we started looking for our new home.
After a long search, we found our dream boat in Mazatlan, Mexico. COVID-19 was not yet a concern when our boat hunt began, but masks were starting to appear at airports by the time we flew to Mazatlan. Originally, we had planned to get the boat ready as fast as possible to cover a full calendar for the busy wedding season. However, it was apparent our business was going to tank amid the pandemic, and the struggle went on until the end of the year.
Luckily, we scored an awesome condo for only $19 a day at Mazatlan. On the 10th day of our stay, we received the news that all harbors will be closed the next Monday morning. We thought we’d be stuck in Mexico longer, but another sailor advised us to leave before sunrise.
We felt the adrenalin of escaping the Mexican harbor master just before the sun rose that faithful day. The seas were rough as waves were building up in the tight channel that led us to the open ocean. We ended up anchored off an adorable little isle just a mile offshore. We enjoyed cruising to many spectacular anchorages and cute villages on our way to Puerto Vallarta, where we would depart for Maui on May 7. On May 30, 2020, we completed our 24-day passage from Mexico to Maui.
