Bill-I agree about trying to find a gathering of people, a community, who won't bail, who have commonalities, and who are there for each other, in good times and in bad. I feel fortunate to have recently found a place like that. It just happens to be a church, a denomination which I did NOT grow up with. It is supplimental to my own growth, my own journey. But it helps to know that there are people there who care.
As a young adult, I was very turned off by the constant demand to tithe, and being chastized if the amount you put in was not "worthy of the Church." All while they were defending themselves from heinous-acts lawsuits.
This is not the atmosphere where I am, at all. And I am glad for it. Honestly, I don't now if I would have found my way back to my spirituality if the crisis hadn't happened in my marriage.
