“Parishes like yours will become home to all sorts of people, so I’m wishing you all the best in your new ministry.”
    ~ Barbara Brown Taylor, author of Leaving Church

“Imagine being sick and feeling the last place you’d want to go is a hospital, or being robbed and feeling the last organization you want to call is the police. That’s how many people feel about the church, especially if they have honest doubts. That’s why I’m so glad Doubter’s Parish exists online … it’s there for people who have few other places to turn.”
    ~ Brian D. McLaren, author of Faith After Doubt

“Martin Thielen has a been a welcome contributor to United Methodist Insight since he began his blog, Doubter’s Parish. His articles are creative and insightful (no pun intended) and touch on many questions that trouble mature Christians after years of wrestling with the incongruities of faith and life. He gives his readers space both to doubt and to believe, and to live courageously with questions that don’t seem to have understandable answers. His writing offers a valuable open-hearted perspective that adds to the rich diversity of thought and action our publication pursues.”
    ~ Cynthia B. Astle, Editor and Founder, United Methodist Insight

“Doubt takes many forms. It’s not always absolute rejection of all beliefs once held. Sometimes, doubt leads us to get ourselves in healthier alignment. Doubter’s Parish is about that kind of reimagination that’s more like getting fit than abandoning hope. Martin Thielen shows us how to doubt is to believe anew.”
    ~ Mark Wingfield, Executive Director and Publisher, Baptist News Global

“I feel as if I were on a desert island sending off notes in bottles and one of them just came back with an answer.”
    ~ Dr. Jim Vickrey, Montgomery, AL, Doubter’s Parish reader

“Thank you for Doubter’s Parish! My entire congregation is composed of doubters. It’s the only honest option.”
    ~ United Church of Christ Pastor