The Desert Sanctuary

Evolving From Religious Trauma is a book created by Karl and Laura Forehand © 2024

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https://thedesertsanctuary.org/

Religious Trauma Resources

The Desert Sanctuary Podcasthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-desert-sanctuary/id1345562241

Karl Forehand is a former pastor, podcaster, and award-winning author. His books include Out into the Desert, Leaning Forward,  Apparent Faith: What Fatherhood Taught Me About the Father’s Heart, The Tea Shop and Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity.  He is the creator of The Desert Sanctuary podcast and community.  He is married to his wife Laura of 35 years and has one dog named Winston.  His three children are grown and are beginning to multiply! You can read more about the author here. 

Evolving From Religious Trauma is a book created by Karl and Laura Forehand © 2024

Images courtesy of Filmora

Treasure Trove of Trauma Resources

Karl Forehand is a former pastor, podcaster, and award-winning author. His books include Out into the Desert, Leaning Forward,  Apparent Faith: What Fatherhood Taught Me About the Father’s Heart, The Tea Shop and Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity.  He is the creator of The Desert Sanctuary podcast and community.  He is married to his wife Laura of 35 years and has one dog named Winston.  His three children are grown and are beginning to multiply! You can read more about the author here. 

Evolving From Religious Trauma is a book created by Karl and Laura Forehand © 2024

Images courtesy of Filmora

https://www.amazon.com/Evolving-Religious-Trauma-Karl-Forehand-ebook/dp/B0CWMJWY48/

Religious Trauma Resources

Treasure Trove of Trauma Resources

Religious Trauma Resources

Treasure Trove of Trauma Resources

The Desert Sanctuary Podcast

Evolving From Religious Trauma is a book created by Karl and Laura Forehand © 2024

Images courtesy of Filmora

Religious Trauma Resources

The Desert Sanctuary Podcast

Religious Trauma Resources

The Desert Sanctuary Podcast

Evolving From Religious Trauma is a book created by Karl and Laura Forehand © 2024

Religious Trauma Resources

The Desert Sanctuary Podcast

Karl Forehand is a former pastor, podcaster, and award-winning author. His books include Out into the Desert, Leaning Forward,  Apparent Faith: What Fatherhood Taught Me About the Father’s Heart, The Tea Shop and Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity.  He is the creator of The Desert Sanctuary podcast and community.  He is married to his wife Laura of 35 years and has one dog named Winston.  He has three children that are grown.  You can read more about the author here.

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Karl Forehand is a former pastor, podcaster, and award-winning author. His books include Out into the Desert, Leaning Forward,  Apparent Faith: What Fatherhood Taught Me About the Father’s Heart, The Tea Shop and Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity.  He is the creator of The Desert Sanctuary podcast and community.  He is married to his wife Laura of 35 years and has one dog named Winston.  His three children are grown and are beginning to multiply! You can read more about the author here. 

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We continue our series on Ex-Pastor’s wives and daughters with Bex.

How Religion Lowers our Expectations

The World I Want to Live In

What Kind of Father is the Christian God?

Karl Forehand is a former pastor, podcaster, and award-winning author. His books include Out into the Desert, Leaning Forward,  Apparent Faith: What Fatherhood Taught Me About the Father’s Heart, The Tea Shop and Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity.  He is the creator of The Desert Sanctuary podcast and community.  He is married to his wife Laura of 35 years and has one dog named Winston.  His three children are grown and are beginning to multiply!  You can read more about the author here.

Sarah Caton grew up in a small Mormon town in Utah. Her family wasn’t Mormon, though. Her parents were there on a mission to convert Mormons into fundamentalist Baptists.

As a young child, she whole heartedly believed in the family faith and even wanted to become a missionary when she grew up. She taught Sunday School, played the piano for church, and did everything she could to save souls for the Lord. But her main problem was she dared to ask questions and point out inconsistencies whenever she saw them. And then she feared being ostracized if anyone knew she was beginning to have doubts.

In her memoir, Deconstructing- the Memoir of a Preacher’s Daughter, Sarah describes what it was like to be a preacher’s daughter who asked all wrong questions, taking readers on a journey through the struggles she faced and the decisions she made, and ultimately the deconstructing of her faith.

Karl Forehand is a former pastor, podcaster, and award-winning author. His books include Out into the Desert, Leaning Forward,  Apparent Faith: What Fatherhood Taught Me About the Father’s Heart, The Tea Shop and Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity.  He is the creator of The Desert Sanctuary podcast and community.  He is married to his wife Laura of 35 years and has one dog named Winston.  His three children are grown and are beginning to multiply! You can read more about the author here. 

Jessica is a DV survivor and advocate, as well as a recovering people pleaser (still working on that one). She is currently homeschooling her three kids and is in the beginning stages of becoming a birth doula. Jessa is passionate about advocacy for women, especially survivors of abuse within the church. In her spare time she loves to play volleyball, read, paint/craft, and work on jigsaw puzzles.

An Open Letter to Christians

In Honor of my Friend

A Prescription for Healing

Karl Forehand is a former pastor, podcaster, and award-winning author. His books include Out into the Desert, Leaning Forward,  Apparent Faith: What Fatherhood Taught Me About the Father’s Heart, The Tea Shop and Being: A Journey Toward Presence and Authenticity.  He is the creator of The Desert Sanctuary podcast and community.  He is married to his wife Laura of 35 years and has one dog named Winston.  He has three children that are grown.  You can read more about the author here.