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Essays on Personal Faith · II. Losing and Finding Faith

Leaving the Church of My Fathers

Apostasy, grief, and gratitude for what I left.

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Proposed · Essay 12 of 50

This is a proposed essay. The topic is set; it awaits the author’s writing, signature, and recorded reading. It should not yet be read as Clayton Hess’s settled word.

Awaiting: draft · signature · audio.

Listen — read in the author’s voice

Recording forthcoming — narrated with Clayton Hess’s ElevenLabs voice.

The written reflection will appear here.

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