Rev Karla’s Blog

Challenging Toxic Theology and Navigating Spirituality Each month we receive hundreds of lovely messages and questions from our community. During this special Q&A blog and episode of Spirituality Matters, Rev Karla will take the opportunity to answer some of these heartfelt questions and comments a couple times each month. We hope you enjoy this new…

The Road to Hell | Finding Freedom Beyond Religion: The Journey From Fear to Liberation I’m to create a bridge from the phrase “the road to hell is paved with good intentions” to the practice of being spiritual but not religious.   No one told me I had to do that. It’s just one of…

The World Needs the Miraculous, Fragile, Scarred, Resilient You Gold Is Malleable, Stronger with Iron 24K gold—so pure that it is often used in high-end jewelry, in religious objects, in decorative art and luxury watches. To the person with the trained eye, they can easily tell by the deep, rich yellow tones if the object…

Exploring rituals and integrating spirituality into our daily life. Each month we receive hundreds of lovely messages and questions from our community. During this special Q&A blog and episode of Spirituality Matters, Rev Karla will take the opportunity to answer some of these heartfelt questions and comments a couple times each month. We hope you…

Christians – Stop Calling Yourself Pro-Life Unveiling the Truth: The Real Debate Between Pro-Birth and Pro-Life People pretend the debate is about pro-life versus pro-choice, but it isn’t. The debate is pro-birth versus pro-life, with being pro-life being more aligned with the values of those who are pro-choice.   Why?   Christians who call themselves…

Understanding the Difference and Impacts of Deconstructing Christianity During this Q&A episode of Spirituality Matters with Rev Karla, she dives into important topics on the intersection of spirituality and humanity. She answers questions that many individuals face during their spiritual journeys, such as the distinction between deconstructing Christianity and completely rejecting it, the impact of…

If God Is One of Us, Then God Is Gay I’m just going to come right out and say it.   There is nothing more fragile than a former believer who never extracted themselves from the ideologies of their religious heritage.   That extraction process is now known as deconstruction. It’s a relatively new term.…

Dear Me… | A Journey of Spiritual Transformation through Music and Reflection I drove hours to see her.    She didn’t perform traditional concerts like the other contemporary Christian rock stars did, preferring the small, intimate venues where she could control the atmosphere.    And what an atmosphere she created. There was no pre-concert warm…

It Didn’t Have to Be This Way Understanding the Pain of the World and the Urgency to Take Action Against Patriarchy “Feeling the pain of the world all of the time is so heavy.” I wrote that years ago in a journal. It was a futile attempt to describe how images of children starving, animals…

A Gentle Day and a Loving Memory | When Sorrow Comes It’s been a while since I’ve written about sorrow, but it arrived today in the form of a reminder on my calendar.   A member of my team whose mother died several years ago. This week was her mother’s birthday. Knowing how hollow those…