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Welcome to the Podcast

TheĀ Broken to Beloved PodcastĀ is for anyone whoā€™s been affected by spiritual abuse, religious trauma, or church hurt and is looking for practical resources to move toward healing and wholeness.

Iā€™m your host, Brian Lee, and Iā€™m so excited to share these conversations with you.

I want this to be a place for deep and meaningful conversations around spiritual abuse and religious trauma. I want to provide you with language to name your experiences and validate your stories, and to give you practical tools that move you toward healing and wholeness.

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Recent Episodes & Show Notes

Episode 024: Our Values: Goodness over Wickedness with Brian Lee Nov 19, 2024

This the second episode in a short series on our values. You can listen to our first shared value, "Curiosity over Certainty" in Episode 20 here.

By choosing goodness over wickedness, we...

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Episode 021: Deconstructing Deconstruction: Finding an Invisible Jesus Oct 29, 2024

Deconstruction has become a polarized term in the past few years. Added to the arsenal of pastors and church leaders, it’s most often used to to dismiss or demean those who have walked away...

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Episode 8: Identity and Integrity After Pain and Loss with Steve Carter Aug 20, 2024

What do you do when you’ve given your life to a cause and calling, to have only to find yourself walking away?

Steve Carter was named as one of two successors to Bill Hybels at Willow Creek...

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Episode 7: Forced Forgiveness: Misinterpreting Matthew 18 with Dr. Scot McKnight Aug 13, 2024

TW/CW: references to sexual assault

Have you ever had Matthew 18 used against you?

Far too often, the forgiveness passage in Matthew 18:15–17 is weaponized against those who experience hurt...

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