#seculargrace

Census data and Pew surveys confirm it: America is unchurching itself, slowly, steadily. The reasons are layered—scandals, politics tangled with pulpits, the simple allure of Sunday mornings without obligation. Yet “spiritual but not religious” has become the fastest-growing affiliation. Here in Canada we’ve walked this road a decade ahead, learning that leaving the sanctuary doesn’t always mean abandoning wonder or kindness. What does it say about us when belief detaches from belonging, and still the centre holds?

Being a wretch is what kept me down. Being a wretch opened my eyes to the grace which is not forbidden to me. The recovery from being down and an outcast to elevating my spirit and evicting from my head the squatters of despair was spurred by that amazing Grace.