Author: Nancy LeTourneau

Revelation Must Be Terrible

I have traveled a long journey from my upbringing in a southern christian fundamentalist rightwing family and wonder sometimes if what I learned along the way would be helpful to those of you who are trying to understand...

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Soul Food and Poetry

No, this is not another recipe diary. I’m wondering what people do to feed their soul these days. I was raised in a fundamentalist christian community and abandoned that years ago. I am very aware of my need for a...

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A Bright Light Has Gone Out

I spent the morning today at a funeral service for 18 year old Kelly J. Thompson who was killed in a car accident last Sunday. I wanted to post this diary in her honor and make it a charge to myself to try to shine my light a...

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Straining to hear the feminine voice

The first time I noticed that my internal processes were going in a radically different direction from our prevailing culture was my reaction to 9/11. While it seemed that everywhere I looked, the prevailing mood went quickly...

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