Sally Anne Gist

Sally Anne Gist…born in the summer, raised in the South. I’m all the things my readers are, needing twice the helping of grace.

Bitter Christian

I was you. A list of offenses stewed in my thoughts on repeat. Seeing the underbelly of church operations and branding left me cold and disillusioned, and social media rants showcased the worst of what we had become. Or so it seemed. For several reasons,”church” felt like the most un-loving place I went, and so, […]

When My Anxiety Left

Maybe it was always there, waiting. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, anxiety wasn’t something anyone talked about. I do remember having sudden, inexplicable episodes of something I couldn’t quite describe. My mother certainly would’ve listened, but back then it didn’t occur to me to tell someone, “Every now and then, for no reason […]