What Happened When I Fired God.

And How It Led to 5 Years in a Cult.

Don’t judge. You’d fire God too, if a member of the Watergate cover up was your Sunday School Teacher. But….you’d have made a grave mistake. He’s not why I fired God — he’s why I re-hired God.

House of Cards? Bah! This was the real Badass.

Turns out, this story has parts. I didn’t think it would. But I have to start at the root. It won’t end it in a pretty red bow. It will get worse before it gets better. Before it gets scarier. Before it gets amazing. Let’s start with the Source. Her…

Mary Baker Eddy

The Beginning: I’m born an Angeleno. Fourth Gen. We are a rare breed. I’m eight, growing up amid heavy smog and cults. Manson. Scientology. EST. Synanon. The Family. The Source. My mother’s less hip but equally damaging Christian Science religion…ardently practiced in my home. I’d fall and hurt myself, even break a bone…but unlike your home, where you were rushed to the doctor for broken bones or given ointments and gels for scabs, my mother would sit me on her lap and chant…

“It never really happened” in soothing tones. It…never…really…happened.

I was — and am — a volatile, emotional person. If I got too angry, too sad, too scared, the response from…