Learning Freedom from Comparison

October 25, 2023.Reading time 10 minutes.

Opportunities for comparison are all around us. And it doesn’t add much good to our lives. What could freedom from comparison open up in our lives?

Learning Freedom: Building Emotional Boundaries

September 6, 2023.Reading time 12 minutes.

We need relational connection. But how we connect matters. A major way I’ve grown in freedom this past year is in building better emotional boundaries.

Learning Freedom from Perfectionism

July 26, 2023.Reading time 14 minutes.

Lately, I’ve been realizing how laying down specific burdens has opened up more freedom in my life. One of those burdens is perfectionism.

Less Certain, More Free: Faith After Spiritual Crisis

June 21, 2023.Reading time 16 minutes.

My spirituality and faith have shifted significantly the last few years. Faith after spiritual crisis looks different.

Spiritual Abuse: My Healing Journey

January 27, 2023.Reading time 19 minutes.

My journey of healing from spiritual abuse is still ongoing. It has been long, slow, and winding. Understanding what happened in my mind has only been part of the journey.

Spiritual Abuse: Truth, Lies, and Manipulation

December 7, 2022.Reading time 27 minutes.

In spiritually abusive environments, some form of truth is present. And some good things might be happening. This makes it harder to identify what is off. The Bible is quoted. God might be moving in some powerful ways. So what exactly is wrong? As I have tried to mentally untangle my own experience of spiritual […]

Spiritual Abuse: When Church Becomes a Damaging, Dangerous Place

November 16, 2022.Reading time 21 minutes.

Four years ago, the co-lead pastors of my church at the time were asked to resign because of spiritual abuse. That church had become my family, my community, my home. The news was shocking, but I was also deeply grateful the dysfunction was finally being named. While I am still unpacking the realities and consequences […]

More than My Trauma

May 20, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

The past year and a half, it has been hard for me not to define myself by my trauma. I’m sure others have experienced trauma much worse than mine, but my story is this: I got hurt in a place I thought was safe. A church. A particular church that I loved with all my heart and to which I gave all of myself.