REST: Recovering from Spiritual Trauma

Guest Interview | Mike Adams on Sundays and Sabbaths

Send a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2299097/open_sms] I’m back today with Mike Adams of the UnSunday Show [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-unsunday-show/id1451285749]. A former pastor, he left organized religion once he discovered just how free he really is in Jesus under the New Covenant. He now seeks to “unsunday” the modern church by sharing his story on his UnSunday Show podcast [https://open.spotify.com/show/3Noqxcgj2Rhw98hHHkWawR?si=aae91289118541c2] and YouTube channel. If you’ve ever wondered just what Christians should -and should not- be doing with Sunday or a Sabbath Day, you’ve come to the right place.  The UnSunday Show website [https://www.unsunday.com] The UnSunday Show Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/unsundayshow] The UnSunday show TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@unsunday.mike] The UnSunday Show YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnSundayShow] Reach us at: the.rest.podcast.info@gmail.com

Guest Interview | Theresa Garcia Robertson on abuse in the OPC

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2299097/open_sms] Our guest for this episode is Theresa Garcia Robertson, one of 5 girls - now women- who were abused by a pastor or elder in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) and specifically the Presbytery of the Southeast (PSE). Her story first broke on the Sons of Patriarchy podcast which you can listen to here: Sons of Patriarchy episode Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sons-of-patriarchy/id1772141068?i=1000685127713] Sons of Patriarchy episode Spotify podcasts [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1lTHhEP2ofuDIHcBBEypyu?si=qzKmQ3PRQieQpiy9v-7-gQ] Caroline Garcia Osborne's (Theresa's younger sister and main victim of Boyd Miller) episode on Sons of Patriarchy [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0MzdObprKGSacMHQ3Yvfm5?si=W-1BFW7WQmaxSy03w0r4-g] Noelle Well's report on the Presbytery of the Southeast's meeting about the case [https://www.presbyterianadvocacycoalition.org/blog-1/meeting-report] Google drive docs of all the case files pertaining to Boyd Miller & Covenant OPC [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ks9_TOsEh8C1SE1SYs75Qw55TlAhA7Mf?usp=sharing] Are you in the OPC, and need help? Contact: Presbyterian Advocacy Coalition [https://www.presbyterianadvocacycoalition.org] We welcome all feedback. You can reach us at: the.rest.podcast.info@gmail.com

Guest Interview | Brian Lee of Broken to Beloved

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2299097/open_sms] Our guest for this episode is Brian Lee: pastor, coach, and speaker as well as a survivor of spiritual abuse and religious trauma.  He has spent his time since leaving vocational ministry in 2021 working to provide recovery and resources for fellow victims and survivors via the creation of an online healing platform called Broken to Beloved. He hosts a multi-day virtual Annual Summit there to help survivors find paths through their healing journey, as well as ongoing cohorts of healing, a podcast, and online book club.  Broken to Beloved website [https://www.brokentobeloved.org] B2B Apple podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/broken-to-beloved-podcast/id1751410316]  B2B Spotify podcast [https://open.spotify.com/show/2RcmVVeoNVuaZ7VT37YKrc] B2B Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/brokentobeloved/] We welcome all feedback. You can reach us at the.rest.podcast.info@gmail.com

Guest Interview | Poet & Author Brittany Hart

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2299097/open_sms] Welcome to Season 3! In this kickoff episode I welcome poet Brittany Hart as she shares excerpts from her new book, Surviving Wonderland: A Journey Beyond Control. [https://a.co/d/3RoYJMq]  > She is an author and poet who writes at the intersection of spiritual trauma, recovery, and the slow rebuilding of a liberated self. Her debut collection, Surviving Wonderland: A Journey Beyond Control, transforms her lived experience in a high-control religious group into art that speaks to anyone reclaiming their voice after harm. She now supports fellow survivors through creative writing, online guides, and spaces of gentle, grounded healing.  Her journey has been as chaotic as Alice's fall down the rabbit hole. Brittany follows the White Rabbit of the IHOPKC movement into a spiritually traumatic world, making herself small in order to fit their prescribed formulas.  You can follow her work here: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/brittanyhartwrites/] Substack [https://brittanyhartwrites.substack.com/] Be sure to follow the NEW RE.S.T. Facebook page here [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585844586125] as well as Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/the.rest.podcast/]. As always, we welcome all feedback. Reach out to us at the.rest.podcast.info@gmail.com

Guest Interview | Mike and Susan Adams : Part 2

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2299097/open_sms] In this episode I continue my conversation with the husband and wife grace team, Mike and Susan Adams, hosts of the podcasts The UnSunday Show [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-unsunday-show/id1451285749] and The Grace Café [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-grace-cafe-podcast/id1695491826]. In the last episode, they each shared their stories of how they met Jesus and why they started their podcasts. In this episode we focus our conversation on the covenants found in the Bible.  We will be discussing the way certain churches have created a whole belief system called covenant theology. This system is an unbiblical way that they control believers by convincing them that they are bound to keep part of the Old Covenant law. You can find all of Mike and Susan's resources here:  Grace Cafe Podcast website [https://www.gracecafepodcast.com/] The UnSunday Show website [https://www.unsunday.com/twisting-the-truth-headship-and-submission/] The UnSunday Show Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/unsundayshow] The UnSunday show TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@unsunday.mike] The UnSunday Show YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/c/TheUnSundayShow] The Grace Cafe YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/@GraceCafePodcast] Reach us at: the.rest.podcast.info@gmail.com [the.rest.podcast.info@gmail.com]