Comments on: In the wasteland…

By: Stages of Deconversion « Amyfv's Blog

Stages of Deconversion « Amyfv's Blog — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:02:44 +0000

[...] wilderness experience sets up a real dilemma for some of us, since we know how much we owe to the traditions that shaped [...]

By: Anita Butler

Anita Butler — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:46:28 +0000

Ronna! I’m so glad to have found your blog! I think you might remember me – we met at a workshop (full of weird, painful drama for me) in the summer of 2006. So much has changed for both of us, I see. I would love to have a little dialogue with you, if you’re open to it.

By: Taking Living Seriously…Planting Olive Trees | RENEGADEconversations

Taking Living Seriously…Planting Olive Trees | RENEGADEconversations — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:17:45 +0000

[...] ever make myself smaller, quieter, or more acceptable (whatever the hell that means!). I write my damn book [...]

By: Ronna Detrick

Ronna Detrick — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:49:23 +0000

Thanks for your candid and vulnerable comment, Angie. Let me know if you ever want to talk further. This is my “thing.”

By: Angie Cox

Angie Cox — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:24:09 +0000

I just found this, but of course, it is in the perfect time. I have a similar story of life growing up in “the one true church” and having been divinely plucked from that environment about 5 years ago before my new found insight could tear apart a group of believers. I read Danielle’s post on grief today and realized that I am grieving over it a bit.

I am fascinated by the ever-growing number of people who have had a similar experience. It provides a sense of confirmation about the journey even when doubts arise and family members express their worry about my “lost-ness”.

Thanks for sharing.

By: Ronna Detrick

Ronna Detrick — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:29:17 +0000

Mindy. Thank you so much for your words and for this poem. So, so beautiful – and so, so perfect.

By: Mindy Danylak

Mindy Danylak — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:27:54 +0000

ronna, i love reading your thoughts on this…you demonstrate a certain honoring of where you have been even as you consider what is now & what is to come…a difficult blend to say the least. i thought of this poem while reading your words & wondered if you’ve read it. cheers, mindy danylak

Borderlands — Cathy Galloway

there is a place
beyond the border
where love grows
and where peace
is not the frozen silence . . .

to get to that place you have to
go or be pushed out
beyond the borders,
to where it is lonely, fearful,
threatening, unknown.

only after you have wandered
for a long time in the dark
do you begin to bump into others
also branded, exiled,
border crossers,
and find you walk on
common ground.

it is not an easy place to be,
this place beyond the borders.
but it is a good place to be.

By: The Wild Thing Within Me | RENEGADEconversations

The Wild Thing Within Me | RENEGADEconversations — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:04:31 +0000

[...] touched my heart. Maybe both. (And the link between the words “wildness” and “wilderness” is not lost on me, for those of you paying close [...]

By: The Title Cut | RENEGADEconversations

The Title Cut | RENEGADEconversations — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:33:09 +0000

[...] Cassandra, Deb, and Kelly: Thank you. Your words were more than timely, more than inspired, more than heartfelt, more than powerful. They were water in the desert. [...]

By: Ronna Detrick

Ronna Detrick — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:30:46 +0000

Indeed, some of the ways I have most profoundly known of God’s love is through the words, actions, and “squeezes” of others. From my desert to your valley, thank you! So much.