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deconstructingmamas
Feb 27, 20236 min read
Growth is Beautiful - Season Three KickOff
Without growth, there is no change. Without change, things don't get better.
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deconstructingmamas
Feb 20, 20234 min read
Suspended Indefinitely - A Deconstructing Story
I am in such a weird place spiritually.
Suspended indefinitely between two extremes.
Certainty and doubt. Religion and rejection of it all.
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deconstructingmamas
Feb 13, 20235 min read
Is God Violent?
Down deep in our hearts, we know that violence is antithetical to love.
Yet, we often accept and promote a God who is violent.
Why?
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Esther Goetz
Feb 6, 20235 min read
Hell No! Part Two
Welcome to Grace and Space, a weekly newsletter from the Deconstructing Mamas Podcast! GRACE for who you have been, are now and SPACE for...
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Esther Goetz
Jan 30, 20235 min read
Hell No! Part One
The doctrine of Hell stems from being pushed by FEAR and not led by LOVE.
So I'm saying a big fat "NO!" to Hell.
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Esther Goetz
Jan 23, 20236 min read
Do you go to church anywhere?
You asked, “do you go to church anywhere?”
And my heart said, “ahhhh….”
And I wondered, could I trust you with my story?
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Esther Goetz
Jan 16, 20233 min read
I Just Need a Minute
Sometimes we just don’t want to sit in our thoughts. We don’t want to ponder the deep questions or access the pain. But we can honor...
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Esther Goetz
Dec 19, 20223 min read
Deconstructing Christmas
Welcome to Grace and Space, a weekly newsletter from the Deconstructing Mamas Podcast! GRACE for who you have been, are now and SPACE for...
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Esther Goetz
Dec 12, 20226 min read
Parenting - the Constant Return to Advent
The entire journey of parenting feels a lot like Advent.
In fact, it starts with the womb, nine months of waiting, anticipating, yearning,
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Esther Goetz
Dec 5, 20227 min read
Raising Yourself
When I began my conscious parenting journey a decade ago, I knew little to nothing about reparenting myself.
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Esther Goetz
Nov 28, 20224 min read
Original Blessing
"Wait, so you don't believe in original sin?"
I laughed. "No. I definitely do not."
"Then why do we need Jesus?"
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Esther Goetz
Nov 21, 20225 min read
A Letter of Lament to Evangelicalism
Welcome to Grace and Space, a weekly newsletter from the Deconstructing Mamas Podcast! GRACE for who you have been, are now and SPACE for...
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Esther Goetz
Nov 14, 20228 min read
Boundaries and Deconstructing
Welcome to Grace and Space, a weekly newsletter from the Deconstructing Mamas Podcast! GRACE for who you have been, are now and SPACE for...
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Esther Goetz
Nov 7, 20224 min read
This Little Light of Mine (Grace & Space from the Deconstructing Mamas)
“I’ve accepted that the whole of my life will be a pilgrimage toward the sound of the genuine in me. This may sound troubling to those...
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Esther Goetz
Oct 31, 20224 min read
Mama God (Grace & Space from the Deconstructing Mamas)
I was in my 30s before I first heard God referred to as She in a church service. It was actually during a song. Just one verse had been...
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Esther Goetz
Oct 24, 20225 min read
Healing at the Crossroads (Grace & Space from the Deconstructing Mamas)
How do you feel about transitions? Life is full of them, but that doesn’t mean we enthusiastically embrace them. Transitions—planned or...
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Esther Goetz
Oct 17, 20226 min read
Who Do I Trust? (Grace & Space from the Deconstructing Mamas)
We can’t talk about how to deconstruct your faith without talking about the urgent need for setting healthy boundaries. Why? Because...
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deconstructingmamas
Oct 10, 20224 min read
Jenga Faith (Grace & Space from the Deconstructing Mamas)
Somehow, we have missed a lovely truth about creation. Here’s how it begins: All things in this beautiful, complex, extraordinary...
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deconstructingmamas
Oct 3, 20223 min read
Parenting & Pete Enns (Grace & Space from the Deconstructing Mamas)
In 2015, Cindy Wang Brandt (who spoke with us on Season 1, Episode 12) asked Pete Enns (Lizz' dad, Old Testament scholar and author of a...
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