![Jacob Encountering Rachel with her Father's HerdsJoseph von Führich (1800–1876)[Source: WikiMedia]](http://blog.jtimothyking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/JvFuhrichJosephRachel-150x150.jpg)
3 Romantic Bible Stories
Around Valentine’s Day, Facebook thought I might enjoy this HuffPost article, entitled “Romance in the Bible?â€. (Question mark in original.) I once knew its author, back when I myself also worshipped the One True God. This is why Facebook thought I wanted to read it. As it turns out, I was interested, but not in […]
Living as Genuine Me
Two years ago, on August 1, 2014, I wrote a page-long statement in my private journal, “Who Am I Today?” It contained paragraphs on religion, politics, personal values, sexuality, and personality. I was trying to sort through what I believed, how I identified, what I valued, what I felt and thought, to put this all […]
![Christ on the Cross, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
[Source: WikiMedia]](http://blog.jtimothyking.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Giambattista_Tiepolo_-_The_Crucifixion-150x150.jpg)
The “Good” about Friday
I grew up in a shame-and-blame religion. The so-called Good News, as taught to me, is that we humans are fundamentally evil, unholy, sinners, distant from God. And so to save us, God needed to execute the perfect blood sacrifice. And there was only one person perfect enough to serve as that sacrifice, God himself. […]
Mourning My Faith
Last night began the Jewish holiday of Purim. This is a celebration of the book of Esther. The last time I celebrated it was when I was still a member of a Messianic Jewish congregation two years ago, before I came out as an atheist, long before I came out as polyamorous. It was even […]