My friend Adele describes fundamentalism as holding so tightly to your beliefs that your fingernails leave imprints on the palm of your hand... I think she's right. I was a fundamentalist not because of the beliefs I held but because of how I held them: with a death grip. It would take God himself to finally pry them out of my hands.

Faith Unraveled: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask Questions (ed. Zondervan, 2014) - ISBN: 9780310339175