If you are in the social media world much, you may have seen a viral tweet talking about the “sin of empathy” floating around in response to Bishop Budde’s plea for mercy in January. This is riding in on the heels of a different book published last year claiming that some empathy is toxic. These views are flowing from staunch Christian Nationalists who believe in the intermingling of their narrow beliefs and political power.

All of this talk has honest people who are trying to grow in their faith wondering if their kind regard for other humans will accidentally send them to hell.

Well I say, to hell with that.

Is it just me or are we all yelling on the internet these days?

I’m in the business of wholeness. This means unearthing and calling out what it is that fractures us and suggesting ways we might move forward in healing.

My friend, outrage is fracturing you and it’s fracturing us.

Let's talk about how to move away from outrage addiction.

There’s an inner process at work when you head down the road of faith deconstruction.

Something triggered dissonance in your very self and the brave will wander inward to see where the disturbance lies.

That journey inward reveals your mis-formation. Over the years you have shut down parts of yourself for love, acceptance, and belonging. You now open the doors to spaces within your being you had locked up tight only to discover that they seem not only ok, but good. You wonder why you set these parts of yourself off limits? You grieve the time you’ve lost embodying these qualities. And then you begin the work of healing and rehabilitation toward wholeness once again.