This conversation is part of our summer series on Religious Trauma. In this discussion, we present the design of Affinity Groups from Christie Love's Doctoral research and explore which groups were identified as hyper-vulnerable. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

In this week's episode, we continue our conversation about negative religious experiences as part of our summer-long series on Religious Trauma. **There is a trigger warning on this episode for conversations related to various forms of abuse, assault, child abuse, estrangement, and corporal punishment. **Click here to participate in our national Negative Religious Experiences research study, which we discussed in this conversation. Here is the list of resources mentioned in this episode: When Narcissism Comes to ChurchBully Pulpit Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational TraumaWe hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

In this episode we begin to discuss the research work that Christie Love has been doing exploring religious trauma through a lens of Negative Religious Experiences (NREs). Christie explains her research framework to us and introduces listeners to the first five of the ten NREs that she has identified and gathered data on. Christie also shared that she has recently begun a national study on this concept that is modeled on a large-scale case study that she completed in SW Missouri in 2023. You can participate in this research by visiting the Research Center online at the Flipped Table Collective website: https://www.flippedtablecollective.com/research-center If you are interested in reading the full doctoral thesis that Christie did on this topic, you can access her work online at our Flipped Table Collective website as well. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

This summer, our podcast is diving deep into the Religious Trauma research that our host, Christie Love, has been working on for many years. In this episode, we look at the six sources of religious trauma that Christie identified in her doctoral research. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

We are starting a 10 week summer series addressing components of religious trauma and challenging perspectives in order to bring change and nurture healing. This firs week is an introductory conversation with our podcast hosts! We are excited that some of the upcoming conversations will include the perspectives and stories of podcast guests! We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

Our hosts share recommendations for a fiction, non-fiction, and resource book for you to add to summer reading lists. They also share some bonus streaming suggestions to add to your summer binge watching lists. We hope you enjoy these suggestions as much as we enjoyed compiling them! We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

We FINALLY shared our exciting news (which we have hinted at for months) in this week’s podcast episode! We announced that we are launching a new ministry project called The Flipped Table Collective that will be launching on Monday, June 10, 2024. We encourage you to listen to this full episode to hear all of the details of what this new organization will offer to progressive faith communities, faith leaders, and individuals! As we mentioned in the episode this week, here are some important links to stay connected to this new project as it gets closer to launching in the next month:Join our email mailing list.  Connect with our new FB page. Follow us on Instagram. Consider making a one-time donation to our scholarship fund that we talked about in this episodeWe hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

This week, we welcomed a special guest, Christie's youngest child, Lyn  joined us to share some insight into the neurodivergent brain! This is part 2 in a conversation we had around Neurodiversity in  Faith Spaces! Be sure to listen to that episode too! We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

The conversation this week centered around foster care and the desperate need for the church's involvement in leading the movement around system reform, championing reunification, and prioritizing relational care and support for families that are working towards reunification. Holly shared the book The Invisible Child, by Andrea Elliott. We also talked at length about the Family Connection Program that Christie and Holly co-founded in 2018 to provide a safe space and relational support for families working towards reunification. Trigger Warning: This conversation talks about issues of foster care, family separation, adoption, aging out of care, and mental illness. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

We shared a conversation this week around neurodiversity in the church. Christie named the book, On the Spectrum, by Daniel Bowman Jr.Holly shard the Pixar short, Loop. And Rue shared some instagram accounts they followed to interact with the teenagers they connected with through Cooperative Youth Group. -Behrad, ADHD Meme Therapy -This is your brain ADHD-Autie.frog-Audhd_therapist-That Autistic Joy -Fidgets and Stims-Neurodivergent ResearcherWe hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

We honored Earth Month with a conversation around the church's disconnection to the natural, wild world.We were honored to have our dear friend, Sarah Lockenvitz, join us for this podcast.Linked are a few of the books and podcasts talked about in this week's episode!Cole Arthur Riley - has authored two books, This Here Flesh and Black LiturgiesHoly Smokes PodcastBear Hug (children's book) Quote by Jane Goodall: "The forest is for me a temple, a cathedral of tree canopies and dancing light." We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

In one of the most authentic and raw conversations that we have ever released on the podcast, Christie, Holly, and Rue talk about the two months that Rue took off from the podcast and the changes that have happened in each of their lives and leadership roles have changed since that time. We hope that as we share our stories, you find a connection to your own journey with mental health, transitions, unexpected shifts, and learning to let go. The book No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz was referenced in this episode, as well as an explanation of the Internal Family Systems model. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

TW: this episode mentions experiences of rape and sexual violence/trauma. Our team deconstructed the harm that has been caused by purity culture, especially to women, but with an awareness to the trauma and harm experienced by the  nonbinary/queer community. This conversation was heavy and activating for all of us, but felt incredibly important to have as this continues to cause so much religious trauma for so many in the church. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

This week, we collected questions from our Flipped Table Community Facebook group and enjoyed answering a few of the more lighthearted get-to-know-you questions :) We will back next week with deeper topic. We hope you have as much fun listening to us talk about how we are all friends, as we did recording it! We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

This week, we talk about the toxic theologies that often revolve around forgiveness. We talk about how this impacts people personally and can impact us corporately.  Christie shared some thoughts on forgiveness from her book God of the Gaps. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

In this episode, we talk about additional transitions and changes at The Connecting Grounds and how they shape a wider conversation around the questions: "What is the church?" and "What could the church be?"We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

In this conversation, we dive into the controversy surrounding the "He Gets Us" ad campaign shown during the Super Bowl and the social media debates and discussions that have been playing out in response. We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

Christie, Shurita, and Holly had a good conversation about deconstructing the theology around suffering this week. During the conversation, Christie shared a few thoughts from her book God of the Gaps. She also shared a quote from Traci West, "The most vulnerable are the moral center." We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

This conversation about Christian Nationalism was recorded as a live episode at National Avenue Christian Church in Springfield, MO. The resources that were mentioned at the end of the discussion were: Heather Cox Richardson's SubstackDisciples of Christ Resolution on Christian Nationalism Reconstructing the Gospel BookJesus and John WayneAmerican IdolatryThe Kingdom, The Power, and The GloryTestimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Failed a GenerationBad Religion: How we became a nation of Heretics. Jim Wallis's Soul of a Nation podcastJ.E.S.U.S.A documentaryWe hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.

Our team gathered this week for a fun conversation around the books that have been consistent on our bookshelves over the years, and the books that we have added throughout our own deconstruction journeys.we invite you to join our facebook group to share some of your own book recommendations! We hope you are able to find a safe, supportive community in your deconstructing because "no one deserves to deconstruct alone" as we mentioned during week 17. Our Flipped Table Theology Facebook group may be a starting place for you and we encourage anyone who is deconstructing or processing religious trauma to join. The Flipped Table Theology Podcast is a production of The Flipped Table Collective. You can explore all of the resources, classes, events, and trainings that the Flipped Table Collective has to offer at www.flippedtablecollective.com.