Learning to be Lost: The Broadmoor Story

Occasionally, though less often with the passing of years, I still hear people ask, What happened to Mark?

Generally, this refers not to my rather nomadic nature, but to the transformation I went through just after high school. After having been heavily involved and invested in a Southern Baptist church in my hometown called Broadmoor, my worldview turned upside down, and I haven't been inside the place since without squirming a little bit.

I have finally taken the time to write that story, a story that is close enough for me to write it with emotion but distant enough now that I can do so without any bitterness. I wrote it for myself - much the same way one writes about a past girlfriend or a memorable trip whose details are beginning to get fuzzy around the edges. It is a story worth telling, though; if it is one you'd like to hear, let me know.