Brant Hansen describes his experiences of growing up in the church and spending time with Christians his whole life, and of how that’s gone in light of the fact he’s been living with Asperger’s the whole time.
I tried to pray, read the Bible, and do all the “right stuff.” But I still felt out-of-touch.
I wondered if I was so broken, such a misfit that God simply took a look at me and decided to move on.
I wish I’d known then that I was an Aspie. And that God loves Aspies….
Oddly enough, considering my medical condition, I’m now a radio personality on a network that plays Christian music.
It’s a beautiful fit, in many ways, because I get to talk to many people who also don’t fit in, and wonder if God loves them.
It’s true, though, others won’t understand me. I know that. I’m still an alien in the American Christian subculture.
Each evening I retreat from it, and I go straight to the Gospels.
It’s not out of duty that I read about Jesus; it’s a respite.