How do you celebrate traditional holidays as an interfaith couple? My husband Daniel, a secular humanist, and I, a contemplative mystic, left Christian evangelicalism a few years ago. This Advent series has allowed us to explore and articulate what is still meaningful to both of us about the holidays. We’ve covered various traditions, astrophysics, deconstruction, … More Deconstructing Advent Part Four: Love
We’re over half-way through our interfaith celebration of the winter seasonal holidays as a pseudo-Christian/Atheist family! Wait, what? How does one even begin to celebrate traditional holidays now that you’ve deconstructed and come to some very different worldviews as a couple? I’m glad you asked – as did so many others over the past while. … More Deconstructing Advent Part Three: Joy
Welcome to an interfaith celebration of the holidays as a pseudo-Christian/Atheist family! How do we celebrate our family’s traditional holidays after deconstruction? I’m glad you asked! I’ve realized new ways the Advent season is still meaningful to me as an ecumenical, contemplative mystic coming out of Christian evangelicalism. As a secular humanist and since it … More Deconstructing Advent Part Two: Peace
Welcome to an interfaith celebration of the holidays as a pseudo-Christian/Atheist family! Since deconverting in 2020, Dan and I have shifted from evangelical Christianity toward secular humanism and spiritual but non religious faith respectively. We find common ground in our lack of interest in each other’s “rightness” or “wrongness”, and have established shared values upon … More Deconstructing Advent Part One: Hope
The Prairie Thistle 