Freedom From Fundamentalism

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A blog about finding my way out of Christian fundamentalism.

  • Blinded by Eternity

    Faith, Eternity, and Justice I’ve recently been struck by how much the church has been silent over the last few weeks. In fact the only buzz within conservative churches right now is that a Minnesota church was that “anti-ICE agitators stormed a church in Minneapolis” (Direct quote from fox news). I’d argue that it’s a lot…

    January 26, 2026

    N.J. McConnachie

    Church, NJ’s Posts, politics
    Deckerville First Baptist, Doug Wilson, Empathy, Faith, Faith and Politics, John Piper, Koroline Leavitt, Religion, SBC
    Blinded by Eternity
  • End of Year Look Back

    Discussing: “The Sound of Gravel” and “Homeschooled” CW for non-detailed mentions of SA. I’ve been struggling to write an end of year post. It’s the time to look back; isn’t it? But honestly the last year has been pretty rough. My spouse and I have been running all last year to try to get our…

    January 19, 2026

    N.J. McConnachie

    Family, NJ’s Posts
    Church, Church Abuse, CW SA, Homeschooled, Homeschooling, Ruth Wariner, Stefan Merrill Block, The Sound of Gravel
    End of Year Look Back
  • HOLY PARENTIFICATION, BATMAN!

    Now that that’s out of my system. I just need to vent about parentification and the quiverfull movement for a hot second. I know last post was mostly about mental health and abusive relationship. But parentification is also something that haunts and harms kids within fundamentalist systems. I recently visited my grandma in the hospital…

    November 24, 2025

    N.J. McConnachie

    Family, NJ’s Posts
    Doug Phillips, Family, Family dynamics, Family Dysfunction, gender, Kitchen Table Cult, Mental Health, Nancy Campbell, Parentification, quiverfull, Traditional Gender Roles, Vision Forum, writing
    HOLY PARENTIFICATION, BATMAN!
  • Abusive Relationships and Fundamentalism

    I spoke recently about laying down boundaries with one of my siblings and how she was told not to witness to my children if she wanted to visit. The conversation quickly pivoted away from any mentions about visiting. And it’s not focused on my younger sibling witnessing personally to me. “Again out of love I…

    November 21, 2025

    N.J. McConnachie

    Family, NJ’s Posts
    Abuse, Christian Fundamentalism, Debi Pearl, Family, Family dynamics, Family Dysfunction, John Macarthur, Lori Alexander, Mental Health, Religion, Scripture
    Abusive Relationships and Fundamentalism
  • Blindsided

    “They wear a blindfold to bury the past” I think I’m slowly having to face the fact that my distance from my family very well may be a permanent thing. l truly hadn’t intended it to be forever. I knew physical distance was going to limit contact, but I had never started with the intention…

    November 16, 2025

    N.J. McConnachie

    Family, NJ’s Posts
    Family dynamics, Parent child relationships, Religion
    Blindsided
  • An Absence

    CW: Conspiracies. Illness in Children Me and my spouse have been going through it recently. Life’s been extremely rough and has required so much more emotional and physical energy to navigate. My autistic child is having an increase in unsafe behavior and that has just made day to day life extremely difficulty. (Fun fact, did…

    November 8, 2025

    N.J. McConnachie

    Family, NJ’s Posts
    Conspiracies, Conspiracy, Conspiracy Theories, Family, Family dynamics, MAHA, RFK Jr, Robert F Kennedy Jr
    An Absence
  • The Shred Box

    CW: Death of a child, Miscarriage Recently I was talking with my spouse, and I realized that I had completely erased a traumatic event that happened early in our marriage. We were talking about all of the things that we’ve been through together, and she brought up a particular week very early in our marriage.…

    October 30, 2025

    N.J. McConnachie

    Deconstruction, Family, NJ’s Posts
    CW Death of a Child, CW Miscarriage, Faith, Family dynamics, Family Dysfunction, Religion
    The Shred Box
  • Dear Diary, Today I Came Out of the Closet

    CW: Homophobia, discussion of gender, and religion. I realize I use this space to process my thoughts and feelings. And boy howdy do I currently have a lot of both of those. It’s hard to just focus on one specific part. I think a big topic I’ve been delaying processing is that I came out…

    October 27, 2025

    N.J. McConnachie

    Uncategorized
    CW Homophobia, Family, Family Dysfunction, gender, Pensacola Christian College, Religion, Sexuality
    Dear Diary, Today I Came Out of the Closet
  • It’s the End of The World as We Know It – And I Feel “Meh”

    Discussing personal feelings of impending doom / end times. CW for discussion of end times theology.

    September 18, 2025

    N.J. McConnachie

    Deconstruction, Family, politics
    American Politics, Charlie Kirk, Conspiracy Theories, End of Days, Parent child relationships, Religion, Revelation
    It’s the End of The World as We Know It – And I Feel “Meh”
  • You Could Have Had It All

    I’ve been stuck on the same topic of “Nothing Changes” for a while now. And how within many family systems (especially my own) that nothing seems to ever change. I think right now my focus has been on the feeling of sadness and loss. My family and my spouse’s family are still very much alive,…

    June 19, 2025

    N.J. McConnachie

    Family, NJ’s Posts
    Family, Family dynamics, Family Dysfunction, Parenting, Parenting Styles
    You Could Have Had It All
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