Casting Off , by Anne Bokma.

For those who reject the strict religion of their childhood, it’s not cutting ties with their church that’s hardest. It’s breaking away from their devout parents.

Even as a young boy, Peter Scott knew he was out of place in the Pentecostal church he grew up in. While everyone else was speaking in tongues and having visions and being filled with the Spirit, I’d be sitting there waiting for God’s glory to fall on me and it never happened,” says the 43-year-old Vancouver man. “At the time I figured it was because I was such a sinner. I definitely felt like something was wrong with me because I didn’t have these experiences.”

 

Click on link above to read the rest of this article about dealing with religious family members. It’s by Canadian journalist Anne Bokma, who interviewed Marlene and quotes her comments about the subject.

 

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