religiousrecoverypodcast's podcast: Recent Episodes
Sarah White, Benjamin White
We're having candid, raw conversations about legitimately negative experiences people have had at the hands of unrepentant, unChristlike spiritual leadership. We want the Church to reflect Christ in allowing hurts and abuses to come to light. Our desire is for spiritual abuse to not be stigmatized, and for toxic people in the Church to be loved, but clearly held accountable for their actions.
There is great power and healing in genuine apologies. We all need to apologize at times for hurts we’ve caused. What is a genuine apology? Can some apologies appear genuine and not be? Also, there are situations where an apology is sorely needed, but the person that needs to apologize refuses to do so and causes great damage in relationships, families, organizations and Churches. We discuss all of this and more in Episode 6 of the Religious Recovery Podcast: “The Power of Apology”. You can help us in our mission to help others recover from religion and recover the gospel by giving a gift through: -Venmo (https://venmo.com/) (Give to handle @Sarah--White), -PayPal (https://www.paypal.com/.../send-receive-money/send-money) (give to email thejaynemusic@gmail.com), -Zelle (https://www.zellepay.com/) (give to email thejaynemusic@gmail.com) or -Cashapp (https://cash.app/)(Give to handle $SarahJayneWhite). Your gift will help us to continually improve what we do as we seek to reach and help more people. Thanks for partnering with us to help others to recover from religion and recover the gospel.
No matter what our theological convictions are, all of us who are reasonable can agree that women have consistently not had an equal voice in the Church. Pastors wives and faithful women of God have been sidelined in many situations, in favor of what seems like a boys club. Is there a better way to raise up strong women and men of God? We talk about this in "Episode 5: The Boys Club: How The Church Can Value Women and Men Equally".
Utilitarianism is defined as the doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority. The Church has adopted this posture in elevating people to pedestals, platforms, and sometimes celebrity for their talents. But is this the way the Body of Christ was really meant to function? How many people get hurt and left behind in this paradigm? Is there a way the Church can utilize people in their gifting and celebrate the diverse giftings of everyone equally? We wrestle with all of this in episode 4 of the religious recovery podcast!
Many people have been damaged directly or indirectly by the purity culture movement, which, via legalistic religious motivation, tried to force all Jesus followers to meet an A plus standard of sexual purity before marriage. On the other extreme, the sexual liberation movement of the late 1960's has caused many to live by very open sexual standards. Is there another way? More so, is it possible to pursue sexual purity and enjoyment in a way that honors God yet also meets people at any point in their sexual journey? We explore all of this in Episode 3! Share this post, and please share your thoughts with us! Intro and Outro Music by: Isaac Craddock Title Graphic by: Jessica Kirkwood
The term "gaslighting" has become a buzzword. Wikipedia defines gaslighting as making someone question their own reality. The term may also be used to describe a person who presents a false narrative to another group or person which leads them to doubt their perceptions and become misled, disoriented or distressed. People have legitimately been hurt and confused by gaslighting in the church and some have perceived that they are being gaslight when they're really not. We explore this in Episode 2 of the Religious Recovery Podcast!
We desire to help people to heal from church hurt and trauma and be able to process it and start the healing process. We are Christians so we desire to show people who Jesus is through it all. We also want to address difficult topics relating to this topic and to tell stories or allow others to tell stories and discuss how they have healed or help them move towards healing.