Broken to Beloved Podcast

Dec 09 2024 28 ep. 32 mins 6
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Over 58 million adults in the US have experienced spiritual abuse and religious trauma. Maybe you’re one of them.

The Broken to Beloved Podcast is for anyone who’s been affected by spiritual abuse, religious trauma, or church hurt and is looking for practical resources to move toward healing and wholeness.

Brian Lee is a pastor, coach, and speaker who survived it in 3 different environments and now works to advocate for others who have been wounded by the church and her leaders, and to provide practical tools for awareness and safeguarding against future abuse.

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027: Our Values: Agency over Prescription

Dec 09 2024 18 mins  
Send us a textThis is the last episode in our series on what we value at Broken to Beloved. You can also listen to our previous values, Curiosity over Certainty, Goodness over Wickedness, and People over Position.This week, I'm presenting our final three values as a work in progress:Connection over IsolationWholeness over BrokennessAgency over PrescriptionGiven the choice, I want t

026: Making a Difference with Brian Lee

Dec 02 2024 8 mins  
Send us a textBroken to Beloved has been officially operating for just over a year now, and I'm proud of the way we've made a difference for thousands across the world. We've worked with individuals in 49 states and 55 countries. We've heard and held your stories, and offered practical tools to move toward healing and wholeness through our Summit, Cohort, Book Club, Podcast, Confer

025: Our Values: People over Position

Nov 25 2024 9 mins  
Send us a textWe're continuing our series on what we value at Broken to Beloved. You can also listen to our previous values, Curiosity over Certainty and Goodness over Wickedness.This week, I want to talk about how we want to view people.We believe that all of humanity is created in the image of God, and is therefore crated with intention, purpose, and beauty. Beloved. We believe t

024: Our Values: Goodness over Wickedness

Nov 18 2024 11 mins  
Send us a textThis 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 affirm the original goodness of every human being and reject a theology that shames, demeans, and devalues. We choose a view of humanity rooted in Genesis 1, not Genesis 2. We reject a

023: Meet the Board: Becoming Aware of Our Belovedness with Brett Deal

Nov 11 2024 46 mins  
Send us a textCW/TW: This episode includes references to some child physical abuse and to overtly Christian language.How does our story and theology impact our identity? How do the stories we tell ourselves or are reminded of change the way we see ourselves? How much do they keep us from seeing and embracing our inherent belovedness?In this week’s episode, I speak with Broken to

022: Creating and Validating a Spiritual Abuse Assessment with Lianna Chong

Nov 04 2024 35 mins  
Send us a textCan you really ever know when you’ve experienced spiritual abuse by church leaders and organizations? Victims and survivors are so often manipulated and gaslit that they question their own memories and experiences.This is the work Organizational Psychologist Lianna Chong is setting out to complete. Through her work with the Spiritually Abusive Leadership & Clima

021: Deconstructing Deconstruction: Finding an Invisible Jesus

Oct 28 2024 46 mins  
Send us a textDeconstruction 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 from their church, or to stoke fear into the hearts and spirits of those asking hard questions.What was once a word meant to invite conversation or to indicate an desire to learn

020: Our Values: Curiosity over Certainty

Oct 21 2024 10 mins  
Send us a textHere’s the first in a short series on our core values. They’re a work in progress, but I want to share them so you have an idea of our guiding principles.This week, I’m starting with our desire to show curiosity over certainty.How many times have we found ourselves in harm’s way for asking a question? How many times have you been met with absolutes, principles

019: Podcast Update with Brian Lee

Oct 14 2024 9 mins  
Send us a textBroken to Beloved is officially one year old!This week, I’m taking a few minutes to reflect on what we’ve seen in the last year, and to provide a brief update on the podcast.I can’t begin to tell you how incredibly grateful I am for each of you who listen. We’ve just hit 10,000 downloads, and have listeners in 49 states and 63 countries outside of the US!This

018: Recovering from Purity Culture with Dr. Camden Morgante

Oct 07 2024 47 mins  
Send us a textCW: While not explicit, this episode will talk a lot about sex, sexual ethics, and beliefs around sex in and outside of marriage.If you grew up in church in the 90s and through the 2000s, it’s highly likely you were brought up in purity culture. If you’re here, it’s likely you’ve found yourself deconstructing and disentangling your thoughts and beliefs around