I am presenting my story of how I left the Christian church, studied different religions, joined a cult (The Hebrew Israelites), and traveled across the world in search of spiritual truth only to find out that the Kingdom of God is within me. When I was a child, attendance at church was mandatory. While at church I felt myself suffocating, like someone was sapping the life out of me. When I became old enough to make decisions for myself I knew I would leave the Christian religion. I would be the first one in my family to openly acknowledge that I did not believe in Jesus Christ. I thought leaving Christianity meant that my family could possibly disown me, but later on in my journey I found out that was not the case. I figured out at an early age that I did not have to be a Christian to know God. This book is about my journey to find God, the people I encountered along the way and how I came to finally understand the Universal God that exists in all of us.
The art and commentary of Nell Brinkley (1886–1944) ran in American newspapers from 1907 through the 1930s. At the height of her popularity, “The Brinkley Girl” appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies and inspired poems and popular songs. Brinkley’s name even sold hair curlers, and her delicate pen work influenced later women cartoonists. As early as 1913, Brinkley was drawing working women, from farm and factory workers to those pursuing careers, using her art to encourage decent pay, pensions, and housing for thousands of young women working for the war effort. This work covers her life and her work, which might upon first glance show pretty girls but on a closer inspection reveals a post–Victorian feminism. It also looks at her rise to popularity, the innocent sexuality of her Brinkley girls, the sugary and sentimental Betty and Billy series, and the beauty of her line drawings.
I am presenting my story of how I left the Christian church, studied different religions, joined a cult (The Hebrew Israelites), and traveled across the world in search of spiritual truth only to find out that the Kingdom of God is within me. When I was a child, attendance at church was mandatory. While at church I felt myself suffocating, like someone was sapping the life out of me. When I became old enough to make decisions for myself I knew I would leave the Christian religion. I would be the first one in my family to openly acknowledge that I did not believe in Jesus Christ. I thought leaving Christianity meant that my family could possibly disown me, but later on in my journey I found out that was not the case. I figured out at an early age that I did not have to be a Christian to know God. This book is about my journey to find God, the people I encountered along the way and how I came to finally understand the Universal God that exists in all of us.
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