In reference to your opening story about the people who made claims against you as an excuse to discontinue their support :
Not knowing the specifics, it made me imagine a scenario where one strong-willed person decided that they preferred to have limited resources redirected elsewhere, and had to persuade others.
I imagine this person twisting your words to create evidence to convince their weak-willed acolytes.
( I find it too easy to create narratives in my head to explain missing pieces of information. Knowing that this interpretation could be completely wrong, I nevertheless think it is a likely possibility.)
You're right that these conversations are very loaded, both with our immediate contexts and the wider cultural context. I definitely think the tension churches were feeling during COVID added to the drama of the letter sent to me.
In reference to your opening story about the people who made claims against you as an excuse to discontinue their support :
Not knowing the specifics, it made me imagine a scenario where one strong-willed person decided that they preferred to have limited resources redirected elsewhere, and had to persuade others.
I imagine this person twisting your words to create evidence to convince their weak-willed acolytes.
( I find it too easy to create narratives in my head to explain missing pieces of information. Knowing that this interpretation could be completely wrong, I nevertheless think it is a likely possibility.)
You're right that these conversations are very loaded, both with our immediate contexts and the wider cultural context. I definitely think the tension churches were feeling during COVID added to the drama of the letter sent to me.
Thanks for all the wisdom here, Nicholas. Much needed, especially with Megan's recent book.
Thank you…would be very helpful curious in another setting to hear your thoughts on the book, as a fellow journalist
well put, friend.
Thank you James