Dear Fellow

Sojourner, seeker, exevangelical, trauma healer and anti-fundamentalist

Dear Fellow began as my love letter to anyone who shares the road on the faith deconstruction journey. It was an expansion of thoughts I shared on social media and a newsletter about my writing life as I focus on life after extreme religious trauma.

But what I’ve discovered in listening to survivors, is that fundamentalist thinking persists in our relationships, behavior, and lifestyles long after we leave religion. Change truly requires breaking down long-held assumptions and belief systems. And the heat is on––because fundie influence is in our culture, government, and headlines.

So, in 2023, after appearing in Shiny Happy People on Amazon, and the response triggered so much tangental curiosity, I converted this to an exploration of what it means to be an anti-fundamentalist.

I share my experience and insight––but I am not a therapist. I’m a survivor, a mother of five, and a friend. I want to resist binary extremes and rigid thinking and maybe you do too. Maybe you want to protect your congregation or organization from fundamentalist influences

You may be my fellow:

• sojourner

• seeker

• empty-nester

• ex-evangelical

• survivor

• neighbor

• concerned citizen

• writer

• maker

• reader…

And if you are, maybe you’ll relate to this deconstruction journey toward intuition, compassion, empathy, autonomy, curiosity, and healing.

Shine on, friends.

Tia