I'm BACK!!!! (and thanks for 5 years of memories!)
Sorry for the super long unannounced absence. After 5 years of blogging I just fell out of it for a season but do not fear for I am back!
I hope that you didn't miss me too much, truthfully I'm sure most of you didn't even notice I was gone, thats ok though.
If you didn't catch my mention above I'll reiterate it. Ken's Therapy just celebrated its 5th birthday, 5 years ago I began blogging (those days I was on AOL Journals, before moving to Xanga and now I'm here at Blogger). Some of you have been with me the entire time, for that I must say thank you! It is your active commenting and emailing me that help me through so much.
The past 5 years have brought more things into my life than I could ever imagine.
5 years ago I was at Florida Christian College about to head to at that time what I thought was the greatest school on earth Southeastern College in Lakeland (now Southeastern University). I began challenging Fahrenheit 911's claims and soon after the blog seemed to be getting huge hits. But as America's interest in the film died so did the huge numbers (which in all truthfulness was better for me since this is really just a personal journal than a numbers game)
Soon after my grandfather had a heart attack, my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and I decide the time was right to finally come out the sexual abuse I had encountered earlier in life.
I soon fell out of love with SEC. I spent a summer in the woods with inner city youth before flying out to Montana for week, all being updated on here. And a trip to Michigan where I added many pics from. Then I got involved with a local church helping revive a youth group that had long been forgotten, soon the entire was revived (and I can say now that church is active and growing part of its community!). Soon after I had a major falling out with a close friend but also I found love for the first time ever. By May I was dating an amazing woman who challenged me.
Then I flew to Germany for 2 months, a day into the trip my grandmothers passing caused my entire world to crash down around me. I found myself in a foreign country all alone dealing with one of the hardest loses of my life, this blog helped me through it.
Soon after I was back into school, in love, and another trip to Michigan. Then came another blow with the passing of my grandfather, my last living grandparent. Soon after I was working in a mega church and quickly realizing the dreams I also had weren't meant for the church.
By December of '07 I had left the church, graduated, and got engaged. Then I began a time that I can only describe as a desert experience where I questioned EVERY aspect of my life. All through it Maggie and you readers helped me. In 2008 the world was introduced to Todd Bentley and I quickly jumped onto the story through this blog, exposing the ties Bentley had to previous con artist and filling the blog with original videos I took at the revival. I began twittering in 2008 (way before it was cool) and my blog suffered for awhile because of it. But soon I was back because life can't be summed up in 140 characters. Soon after I wrote my thoughts on President Rutland leaving SEU and what seemed to be an all out war of comments entailed but luckily that also quickly dissipated. That kept me till a few months ago where I knew I had to stop, reflect upon myself and take that next step. I now know the desert is over. I now find myself at another major milestone.
Since my last post my life has changed quiet a bit:
The wedding has been postponed indefinitely due to finical concerns.
I am selling my house and moving to Orlando because I was recently accepted into the Graduate program at UCF. In the fall I will be begin my pursuit of a Masters in Applied Sociology, soon to be followed by a PhD!
I am currently unemployed, as are both of my parents. Maggie is moving to Louisiana for a few months in 3 weeks to help her family as her sister in law finishes her own schooling.
I still believe in God but am having a difficult time finding how the church in its current state can really help anyone. Truthfully I even wonder how involved God is in our every day lives. I have been recently studying Kabbalah, which fits perfectly with my interest in Buddhism and Oriental Christianity.
I realized that I am a Christian Universialist (look it up, I think more people are than they realize).
The past few months have found me going through a 'coming of age' experience if you will. Throughout middle and high school I denied myself many things in the name of 'religion' even though all it did was isolate me and make me look like an ass. The past few months its as if all those experiences I missed out on have fallen into my lap, a entire teenage and young adult life but in fast forward. My views have been altered, my goals have changed. Now of this came out if nowhere, its been brewing for awhile but I finally opened the closet door and let the butterfly out.
So now I am here, a new man of sorts. My new chapter has not yet fully begun, its as if two movies are playing on the same screen. The old me refusing to be finished, my house not selling, no job in sight. At the same time on the same screen the new movie of me in grad school, meeting new friends and living the life the I've always wanted to live.
I have no clue what tomorrow may bring but I shall blog about it!
I'm glad to be back!


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