“The outside” is a place that I knew of my whole life but never experienced until I was 24. It doesn’t just represent being on the outside of a particular ministry, but being free from the abusive religious system of fear and control. It’s a good place to be!
Freedom Village: A Memoir
I’ve overcome a lot of fear to share my truth, and I’m trying to reach as many people as I can about overcoming spiritual abuse and finding a loving relationship with God. It’s all in Freedom Village: A Memoir, which publishes on November 21.
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Out from the Inside
This is MY story of growing up in a full-time Christian ministry, watching my parents pour their everything into helping troubled teenagers, living under the control of one man who governed the way everyone who worked there lived, surviving assault after assault of spiritual and emotional abuse from my pastor on my family, and finally leaving this place in 2011. Most of all, this is my story of feeling the hand of God over my life throughout the whole experience. “Out from the Inside” is a place where you can read my story, reach out for support, and hopefully get some encouragement.
Take a look around, and please feel free to reach out! I am always down for a deep conversation.
Navigating this website
If you’d like to read my story, here is how to navigate!
- Storytelling: My original blog series, which I wrote over the course of 2018. Start with Chapter 1!
- Unriddling: Keep following for the story of deconstructing and untangling of my faith.
- True Stories: I’m now in my reconstruction phase, and I’ve been writing with a whole new perspective on my experience.
- Out Of My Mind: These are deeply personal thoughts that find their way out of me as poetry.
- Blog: This page gathers all of my entries across every category. It’s a whole lot of everything.