As an 8 year old, when I lost my nuclear family, I lost my sense of "church as family" too.

This is a letter I wrote to my 8 year old self, preparing him/me/we for the upcoming disruption of losing our church-as-family.

(The following letter I wrote—and then read—as part of our Lent series at Sojourn Grace Collective. During Lent we want to explore what it’s like to prepare for an upcoming death (and resurrection). …