It wasn’t until I hit my 30s that the lightbulb went off for me as I opened my Bible one morning and faced the wall of guilt that greeted me—I don’t think God wants our relationship to feel like this.

When I left my church job in 2021, I gave myself full permission to stop all of my spiritual practices cold turkey. I decided that if I started to pray, read my Bible, or prep for a church service and felt that familiar wave of guilt hit, I wasn’t ready to reengage yet.

It was the best choice I’ve made for my spiritual formation.

We’re in part three of common experiences of deconstructing faith. Today we’re digging into the ins and outs of how your day-to-day life begins to change as well as getting intentional with personal practices and community after a faith shift.