Below are some of the top signs that I believe show one has experienced religious harm and exploitation.
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Religious Harm Recovery Group
The harm that can come in the midst of toxic faith expressions can alter the trajectory of many. This can even appear through indirect abuse or in ways you never expected. Such harm may have even led to your own deconstruction of your faith.
Continue readingTrauma-Induced Theology (Part 2)
A few months back, I penned an article entitled Trauma-Induced Theology. In the article, I noted a few pointers:
Continue readingTragedy to Beauty
On 2/16/2014, a tragedy took place. Or so we thought. My sister’s son, Asher, experienced a severe brain injury during labor and delivery due to the umbilical cord being wrapped around his neck while my sister pushed for 3.5 hours.
Things looked grim. They were very skeptical he would make it. He was in the NICU for 27 days. So much trauma!
Continue readingTrauma-Induced Theology (Part 1)
These days I spend a good bit of time thinking about what I might call “trauma-induced theology”. I use this term to speak of how our trauma – both past and current – has deeply informed our understanding of God, as well as the church.
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The Prodigal Thought 