{"id":10688,"date":"2012-03-05T07:17:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T11:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=10688"},"modified":"2012-03-05T07:17:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T11:17:36","slug":"exit-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2012\/03\/exit-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"exit interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/03\/exit-interview.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10689\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2012\/03\/exit-interview.jpg\" alt=\"Leaving the church has its risks.\" width=\"462\" height=\"638\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Churches and pastors can be pretty possessive. I\u2019ve talked with so many people who\u2019ve been wished ill when they decided to leave a church. Even cursed.<\/p>\n<p>I know what it\u2019s like to lose people. And it is almost always difficult. It is also very challenging to not get bitter about it. Especially when it becomes a migration of many.<\/p>\n<p>This guy is being verbally blessed on his way out. He has no idea what\u2019s waiting for him on the other side of the door.<\/p>\n<p>Buy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/94533664\/exit-interview-print\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a print of this cartoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Churches and pastors can be pretty possessive. I\u2019ve talked with so many people who\u2019ve been wished ill when they decided to leave a church. Even cursed. I know what it\u2019s like to lose people. And it is almost always difficult. It is also very challenging to not get bitter about it. 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