Do You Remember When You Spread Your Wings?
When I spread my wings ― leaving California to study at a bible institute in far-off Chicago, flying bush planes in South America, encountering Barbara in Costa Rica―I tried to move on from my childhood fundamentalist faith.
Only later did I realize the grace that filled those childhood years.
So today I say (it’s like confessing a sin),
“Hello, my name is James and I’m still―sort of―a fundamentalist.”
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Meet James Hurd:
Pilot, Professor, and Storyteller.
James Hurd has lived a lot of lives—mission pilot in Latin America, anthropology professor at Bethel University, and author of Horse-and-Buggy Mennonites, Wingspread: A Memoir and Blessed Unbeliever―a novel about doubt and faith.
Today, he writes for those who find themselves at the crossroads of faith and doubt, seeking a community of kindred spirits interested in flying, deep reading, and the mysteries of the human heart.
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