New Coordinator for 'Journeys'

From the beginning, we created Journeys to be a safe haven to discuss the spiritual journey many of us have been on since leaving the Family. We wanted Journeys to be faith-focused in contrast to GenX, which was intended as a general board where everyone including agnostics and atheists could feel comfortable posting.

With the appointing of a new coordinator, we wanted to sharpen Journey’s focus even more. While quite a few ex-members have found a different spiritual path than Christianity (and please feel welcome to post on Journeys) we recognize that most of you probably describe yourselves as Christian, and are striving to make sense out of what happened so that you can move on and rediscover spiritual life after the toxic faith of the Family. If this describes you, then this is your board. In fact, this board is for you no matter where you are in your spiritual journey with God.

We would like to welcome Kathy Johnson as the new Coordinator of Journeys. Kathy is the author of the article “There is Life After the Family.” (If you haven’t read it, please see the Articles section.) We have received such an overwhelmingly good reaction to Kathy’s article, more reactions than to any other article on our site. Many people have commented on how positive and empowering Kathy’s article was, so she was a logical choice for Coordinator.

We will allow Kathy to set the tone for the new Journeys board, but a small reminder in advance: we would like to avoid heated doctrinal arguments and avoid browbeating or telling others what they should be doing. Let’s focus on our spiritual journey, on healing, on reclaiming our faith and trying to live it, let's share our personal experiences, talk about helping others, discussing how we have sorted true from false, answers to prayer received, and how Jesus is showing up in our lives.

We are all wounded, we all need love and acceptance, so please let’s extend that acceptance and love to others. Of course, certain kinds of behavior, disruptive comments, or inane posts, will still not be acceptable. Please see the general rules and guidelines for that. Without any further ado, we would like to extend a warm welcome to Kathy.

The Coordinator