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Category: Spiritual Trauma

Articles about how spiritual trauma damages our faith and how we can help one another to restore or find a new faith.

Marching in the Light of God

June 21, 2018August 4, 2020 Matt HartfieldLeave a comment

As we gear up for Pride 2018, here’s a look back on what was happening in my life 25 years ago, in 1993. On April 25th, 1993 I was in Washington, D.C. for The March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation.

Posted in Restoring FaithTagged LGBTQI+

Finding a New Faith, Part 3: A Small Still Voice

June 17, 2018August 4, 2020 Matt HartfieldLeave a comment

Exploring what a Faith that acknowledges spiritual trauma looks like for me.

Posted in Restoring Faith

Finding a New Faith, Part 2: Wandering the Desert

June 16, 2018August 4, 2020 Matt HartfieldLeave a comment

How spiritual trauma shaped my understanding of God and the people of God, and how I found G.O.D. in a Group Of Drunks.

Posted in Restoring Faith, Spiritual Trauma

Finding a New Faith, Part 1: Losing Faith

June 15, 2018August 4, 2020 Matt HartfieldLeave a comment
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How I lost the faith of my childhood when I couldn’t reconcile my life experiences with the faith stories told in church.

Posted in Losing Faith

Crossing Borders: From a Way of Death to a Way of Life

April 12, 2018August 4, 2020 Matt HartfieldLeave a comment

I made a decision to cross over from believing only in suffering and death, to instead believing that life is meant to be lived in partnership with God, both the somewhat abstract and non-embodied God that lives in the space between breaths and the God whose people shared their love with me through their quiet, steadfast presence alongside me.

Posted in Restoring Faith
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