Rev Ed Kelly Jr. shares his life story of discovering that God is absolute unconditional love and his subsequent transformation out of anger, fear and bigotry. He begins with his childhood and reveals how he developed the concept of a "monster God." "I viewed God as angry, punitive and separated from me because I saw myself as evil and deserving of his wrath." Ed calls these concepts of God- "the box." This box controlled and dominated his life even later as a Fundamentalist fire-brimstone preacher. Ed describes the change ...
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Rev Ed Kelly Jr. shares his life story of discovering that God is absolute unconditional love and his subsequent transformation out of anger, fear and bigotry. He begins with his childhood and reveals how he developed the concept of a "monster God." "I viewed God as angry, punitive and separated from me because I saw myself as evil and deserving of his wrath." Ed calls these concepts of God- "the box." This box controlled and dominated his life even later as a Fundamentalist fire-brimstone preacher. Ed describes the change that occurred as the "box" began to unravel through a series of synchronistic events, a depressive suicide crisis and subsequent recovery, education and a fearless questioning of his beliefs.
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