"What was the sin?" asked Rep. Eric Swallwell as he slammed ICE, saying they unjustly deported a 6-year-old deaf boy and his family when they showed up for a "routine immigration check."

Kristen LaValley grew up deeply immersed in Christian spaces, loving God sincerely. And, like so many of us, she also learned ways of viewing herself that were shaped by fear, pressure, and self-erasure. Her writing doesn’t just theorize about healing; she lets us walk inside it and experience it with her. The excerpt you’re about to read comes from her book Growing Up Saved. It’s a story of move…