Tag: Church

In Switzerland, The Bells In Church Ring Every Quarter Of An Hour

If you live near an airport or train station, the noise from planes and trains seriously disrupts your life, you can file a lawsuit for damages, and sometimes you’ve a good chance to win. But if you are living in an area where the church bells ring the whole day, so you can’t sleep at...

Why does the Church Bell Ring All the Time?

The church bell is an asset from times before everyone had a smartphone in his hand and wouldn’t leave the house without a watch with him. The church bell would wake up the people, tell them when to have lunch, and also tell them when it is time to finish up work. You would also know if som...

I Attended a White Supremacist Church

I cannot tell you how ashamed I feel typing that title. I admit, I never gave a thought to white supremacy in my church back in the 1970s and early 1980s. I should clarify — throughout junior high and high school I attended two churches. The primary community, which my family attended, was an ...

I Was Outed as Trans in Church, Then the Pastor Performed an Exorcism

I’m always fascinated when folks declare they have no regrets; I regret almost everything. I was born into an Evangelical Christian home in 1962. I knew from my first cognizant moment that I was a girl, but I had to argue that fact as soon as I could talk. A pesky protrusion noted on my birth ...