An Existentialist and a Christian Walk Into a Bar

The search for meaning in a meaningless world

Vincent LaBarca
ILLUMINATION
Published in
10 min readAug 1, 2020

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Photo by James Coleman on Unsplash

Among millennials, losing one’s religion is something of a trope. Still, even a trope can’t escape reality, and I can attest to my generation’s reluctance to engage with a spiritual community. Although my parents weren’t regular churchgoers, I was baptized and went to catechism. I (infrequently) attended…

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