Confronting Religious Trauma and Reconstructing Faith: Interview with Dr. Tiffany Yecke Brooks

Published: Oct. 11, 2022, 5:30 p.m.

b"\\u201cI\\u2019m going to be ninety-two next month, and I have waited my entire life for a book like this.\\u201d \\n \\nA woman said this to Tiffany after she spoke to a Sunday School class about her book, \\u201cGaslighted by God: Reconstructing a Disillusioned Faith.\\u201d\\n \\nMany Christians are told their doubts are a sign they haven\\u2019t prayed or fasted enough. That their spiritual frustrations are an indication they\\u2019re backsliding. That they just don\\u2019t have enough faith.\\n \\nDo you feel a sense of futility over ever measuring up as a Christian? Ever pleasing God? Ever nailing down the formula for blessing or meeting the mark for making yourself small enough?\\n \\nTiffany wrote \\u201cGaslighted by God\\u201d to give a voice to the pain of devoted Christians whose faith is cracking under the abuse of legalism, who are desperately clinging to beliefs that are hurting them, and who need to know it\\u2019s not their fault. \\n\\nIn this episode:\\n\\n- What spiritual anxiety is and how it manifests\\n- The significance of Tiffany screaming at a church sign\\n- Why the Christian \\u201canswer\\u201d for everything is so damaging\\n- The similarities between a space chimp and shell-shocked WWI veterans and what we experience because of legalistic theology\\n- How Jesus expanded the definitions of sin to protect the vulnerable, not add a bigger burden\\n- So much more! \\n\\nListen or download the transcript at flyingfreenow.com/192\\n\\nFREE: I'll send you the first chapter of my book, Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage. Just hop on my mailing list at flyingfreesisterhood.com/free-download. (I will NEVER spam you or sell your information.)\\n\\nDesperate for real help and safe people who understand what you're going through? Find out about my online education and support program for women of faith at joinflyingfree.com\\n\\nAnd, if you are an already divorced Christian woman who wants to take back her life and get healthy, have amazing relationships, build a business or career, or even find a good man - check out joinflyinghigher.com"