The Problem With Perfect

Have You Been Hurt By The Church? Part Two


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In part two of our series, we continue our conversation with mental health expert Lauren Eisleben. In this installment, we shift our focus from defining church and trauma to the nitty gritty of what church hurts look like, why they occur so frequently, and how we can be part of the solution instead of the problem. 

Want to learn how to make space for believers who are questioning their faith without letting our discomfort make them feel awkward and ashamed? Want to understand why hurts that occur in our own church feel so personal and threaten our comfort? Want to know how to allow someone else's feelings to be more important than your own? 

Join us for all this and more.

Meet Lauren:
Lauren Eisleben has a B.S. in Mass Communication/Print Journalism and an M.Ed. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She worked in the marketing/advertising industry prior to starting her counseling journey in 2017. She also taught at the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri for 8 years. Lauren and her husband have three daughters and live in Columbia, MO.

Here are the highlights:
 (3:00) Ever get a gut feeling like this one and don't know what to do with it?

(8:20) Multiple emotions can live at the same time and the same place. Here's how!

(11:00) Given Lauren's counseling experience, this is the ultimate church hurt.

(14:30) How does our own comfort unconsciously become the goal of uncomfortable faith conversations.

(22:00) Listen here to understand how the best-intended Christians hurt others who are struggling in their faith.

(24:00) The purity culture and prosperity gospel have left a mark on many church goers - and here's how.

(32:30) Have you ever been told that bad things in your life are caused by your sin? If so, listen here to understand how damaging this paradigm can be.

(36:00) Deconstruction is a popular buzz word, but what does it really mean? And is there a more practical approach to understanding the dissonance we experience.

Resources:
Sacred Wounds: A Path to Heal, by Teresa B. Pasquale

 

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