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Dearest, dearest evangelicals

December 6, 2016 by Laura Jean 28 Comments

Dearest evangelicals, I love you so damn much. You taught me how to love Jesus like a Person, how to pray to God as if God is as close as my breath, how to remember Scripture better than I remember … [Read more...] about Dearest, dearest evangelicals

Advent at 3am

December 5, 2016 by Laura Jean Leave a Comment

Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? But with you there is … [Read more...] about Advent at 3am

When I Kept Silent

November 27, 2016 by Laura Jean 1 Comment

"Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young!” I used to work as a chaplain at an elderly residential facility and rehab hospital in Atlanta. I was there on … [Read more...] about When I Kept Silent

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Laura Jean is an Atlanta based writer, itinerant chaplain, and amateur mystic, learning to live in the in-between places of queerness, loving Jesus, and rediscovering the Bible after fundamentalism.

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