My Date with a Deacon Showed Me I am Home

I have found a church home where I can be myself

Esther Spurrill-Jones
The Word Artist
Published in
2 min readMar 27, 2024

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A small round table with 2 chairs by a window. On the table is a French press, coffee cups, and a potted plant. There are trees arching overhead.
Photo by Kris Atomic on Unsplash

“Let’s get coffee.” It has become a meme, evoking visions of concerned-for-your-soul Christian leaders who pretend to want to get to know you only to barrage you with Bible verses and clichés in an attempt to convince you they have the truth and you don’t.

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Esther Spurrill-Jones
The Word Artist

Poet, lover, thinker, human. Poetry editor at Prism & Pen.