Why Deconstruct and Reconstruct?

Many of us share the experience of reaching a point where – for a variety of reasons - our faith wouldn’t stand up to criticism anymore. We were left with holes or gaps. For some of us, that was accompanied by deep pain, realising that what we had been so passionate about, what had been the source of purpose for us for years now felt incompetent or wrong, we realised ways it was hurting us or hurting others, or we realised being part of the church left us wanting and we lost a lot of community in that process. So, we start this Rerevalled series, asking the question, “why do people deconstruct or reconstruct their Christian faith?" and secondly, "What can we learn from these stories?”