num_pages: 240
description: He spent his childhood trapped within the confines of countless bizarre strict rules. And lived to tell about it.In this first-hand account author Matthew Paul Turner shares amusingsometimes cringe-worthyand poignant stories about growing up in a fundamentalist household where even well-intentioned contemporary Christian music was proclaimed to be of the devil.Churched is a collection of stories that detail an American boys experiences growing up in a culture where men werent allowed let their hair grow to touch their ears (an abomination!) women wouldnt have been caught dead in a pair of pants (unless swimming) and the pastor couldnt preach a sermon without a healthy dose of hellfire and brimstone. Matthew grapples with the absurdity of a Sunday School Barbie burning the passionate annual boxing match between the pastor and Satan and the holiness of being baptized a fifth timewhile growing into a young man who amidst the chaotic mess of religion falls in love with Jesus.
language: English
title: Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess
publisher: Convergent