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Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome: A Memoir of Humor and Healing in 30 Religions
PostTraumatic Church Syndrome A Memoir of Humor and Healing in 30 Religions Author:Reba Riley Reba Riley s twenty-ninth year wasn't a good time to take on a spiritual quest. Her twenty-ninth year wasn't a good time to take on anything but a nap. She was: — + working a job that required her to drive through three states — + discussing the benefits of lubricated nails with lumbermen, — + supporting a husband in grad school, — + struggling with... more » a nasty case of Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome, and
+ fighting a chronic mystery illness doctors couldn t diagnose or treat.
Physical sickness forced Riley to consider what being truly healthy means body and soul. So she embarked on a journey through thirty religions before her thirtieth birthday, a project she hoped would kick Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome in the, um, teeth, and help her find peace if it didn't kill her first.
This is a memoir of spiritual sojourn without leaving home; of faith lost and found with the help of an Urban Monk, Suburban Shaman, Amish couple, Wiccan Priestess, crew of Scientologists, Josh the Bartender, and a whole cast of interesting characters along the way. For everyone who crashes into religion when they go looking for God, Reba Riley s poignant and funny story reminds us that we don t have to choose a religion to choose God ... or good, the Godiverse will meet us exactly where we are, exactly as we are, and that sometimes we have to get lost to get found.« less