My natural empathy was paralyzed in the Evangelical paradigm. I thought there must be some deep rooted sin within me causing me to be so resistant to spreading the gospel, and that I needed to repent and be obedient so that I could be used to fulfill god’s purpose and mission. As a child and as a teenager, I had an ever-present feeling of shame that followed me for the fact that I hadn’t yet converted anyone that I knew. In fact, my biggest regret when my parents removed me from my public school when I was ten years old was that I had wasted my time there by being too ashamed of Jesus to share
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