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b'This week\\u2019s guest is author Jo Lloyd Johnson. Jo grew up in a \\u201cnon-denominational charismatic commune\\u201d. She spent her adolescence in various churches, but they weren\\u2019t as \\u201cSpirit-filled\\u201d as she was taught they could be.

She married young and the first years of marriage were difficult. There was alcohol abuse, church shopping, and the difficulties that come with having young children.

She and her husband needed the church to be a place of deep and meaningful relationships, but it wasn\\u2019t.

\\u201cWhen we started seeing church as a social club [with no depth], we were like, \\u2018No. This is not what we thought it was\\u2026\\u2019\\u201d

By 2018, Jo realized the Church was steeped in Patriarchy. She had been fine with \\u201ca woman\\u2019s place\\u201d until she wasn\\u2019t.

Now Jo has used writing as a way to process the trauma and emotions she\\u2019s experienced and her book, Silenced in Eden, is helping others along their own journeys.

Links

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/jolloydjohnson/

Silenced In Eden
https://amzn.to/3nBRBYy

Interact

For quotes, recommendations, transcripts and more see the full episode show notes
https://gracefulatheist.com/2023/05/07/joanna-johnson-silenced-in-eden/

Join the Deconversion Anonymous Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversion

Support the podcast on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/gracefulatheist

Secular Grace
https://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/

Deconversion
https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/

Deconstruction
https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/#deconstruction/

Attribution

"Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
https://makaihbeats.net/
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