REST: Recovering from Spiritual Trauma
Spiritual Trauma has been defined as occurring when a person's religious experience is stressful, degrading, dangerous, abusive, or damaging.
I am a mother joined by my adult daughter as we discuss our family’s story of recovering from spiritual trauma. In each episode of REST we will share our experience of 17 years in a church community with a high-control culture within the denomination of the OPC (Orthodox Presbyterian Church). Thankfully we are now on a journey toward true soul rest.
We welcome your feedback and stories. You can reach us at the.rest.podcast.info@gmail.com
REST: Recovering from Spiritual Trauma
Latest Episodes
Tithing: Our Family's Story of Regret
She’s back! My daughter joins me again in this episode and we unpack our family’s story of regret around tithing. She gives us the perspective of a child growing up in a high control church culture, a perspective rarely if ever heard or heeded....
Should Christians TITHE?
In this episode, the history of Christian tithing is fully explored and its Biblical claims examined. Statistics quoted in the episode come from The Religion Business, a 7-part investigative docuseries that exposes a growin...
Guest Interview | Mike Adams on Sundays and Sabbaths
I’m back today with Mike Adams of the UnSunday Show. A former pastor, he left organized religion once he discovered just how free he really is in Jesus under the...
Guest Interview | Theresa Garcia Robertson on abuse in the OPC
Our guest for this episode is Theresa Garcia Robertson, one of 5 girls - now women- who were abused by a pastor or elder in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) and specifically the Presbytery of the Southeast (PSE). Her story first broke on ...
Fan Mail
Painful to hear some of these details—not just the details on the torture device . . . Will read the book to process this more fully. Thanks for highlighting this resource and for bringing clarity. ‘Needed confirmation of the discomfort I feel when it’s assumed I’m “complimentarian.” Truly helpful!
Charlotte, North Carolina