What is your name? (pseudonyms are acceptable)* Richard 1. How old were you when you lost your membership?* 32 2. How long were you out of the Church, and how long have you been back?* 16 years out. 36 years back. 4. How did losing your membership affect your relationships with your family and friends?
“I have found that I can stay home and invite Jesus Christ into my life, and He will come over. Just like a reliable friend, He will be in my life as much as I let him in. I can pray, and He will answer. I can read scripture and He will teach me. I can cry, and He will come and comfort me…”
Check out my recent visit with Alisha and Scott from Latter-Day Lights. It’s always a little unnerving to do these interviews, but I am trying to reach as many excommunicated individuals as possible. Even those who made the uncommon trip back to rebaptism!
“They don’t understand what it feels like and the loneliness that accompanies it.”
“The freedom from other obligations also led me to believe that “working on myself” is job #1. I took this seriously for a long time and used my resources (time & money) to read, do counselling and figure myself out.”
