When your Good Christian World Falls Apart

In her memoir, Confessions of a Good Christian Girl, Tammy describes the internal turmoil she experienced trying to be a good, rule-following Christian who had unexpectedly built an entire life around works-righteousness rather than grace. She shares not only the world she constructed, but what happened when she surrendered that life for one grounded in grace:

Emotionally and relationally, my world was falling apart, and I was holding on for dear life to keep it from collapsing entirely and leaving me out in the cold. But nothing I tried…