Fundamentalist: Stories of a Mentally Ill, Obsessive Compulsive, Legalistic Youth Group Kid Turned Pastor

by Joey Svendsen

Often those with the gift of faith often have an extra helping of religious dogma on the side. This causes genuine fear in the face of God’s mysteries. You like black and white. You prefer to connect the dots. You like to put things in boxes. I get that, but the Bible that you use as your box says that God can’t be put in one.

Leaders talk so much about the significance of leading well, but they rarely, if ever, talk with complete candor, openness, or honesty about their past and present struggles.

We are all broken people in need.