Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of sexually predatory behavior and the retelling of a racial, anti-fatness comment
Emily Dukes joins The Life After to tell how her love for Christian fiction put her on the path to be groomed (use of privileged relationships to normalize exploiting a young person's body) by novelist Ted Dekker, what she's discovered about herself, and how she's pushing back.
This episode begins with Brady retelling his experience of being groped by a trusted church friend during the beginning of his deconstruction.
Bookended with music by Nightlightr (CDBaby, iTunes, and Spotify) | Find links for The Life After Community (our secret Facebook group), subscribing, rating, and/or reviewing on iTunes here: linkin.bio/thelifeafterorg
Uncomfortable Confessions (Preacher‘s Kid x Sexual Exploration) with Ronna Russell
Black Nonbelievers (Religious Family x Black Church Culture) with Elle Reneé
Ambiguous Loss (Grieving x Counseling) with Janice Selbie
Dying Out Loud (ALS x Secular Fortitude) with Dave Warnock
Unloose (Queer x Creativity) with Nightlightr
Many Love (Polyamory x Authenticity) with Katelyn Boyles
Born Again Again (Campus Ministries x Deconstructing while Married) with Katie + Joe Bauer
Parenting Forward (Raising Kids x Ethical Values) with Cindy Wang Brandt
Everyone‘s Agnostic (Ex-Pastor x Rebuilding Community) with Cass Midgley
Lost in Translation (Bible Translation Industry x Being Free to Love) with Doug Demick
You Are Your Own (Embodied Trauma x Healing) with Jamie Lee Finch
Contact Evangelism (Childhood Religious OCD x Intention Communities) with Nikki Mayeux
Cults Inside Out (Deprogramming x High Pressure Communities) with Rick Alan Ross
Leaving the Fold (Religious Trauma x Breaking Free) with Marlene Winell, PhD
Religion of Trauma (Biblical Origins x Psychedelics) with Andrew Jasko
Conversion Therapy 2: Going Gay (Ex-Gay Movement x Finding Yourself) with Tim Rymel
The Way I Am (Liberal Christianity x Musical Expression) with Jennifer Knapp
Deliver Us From Your People (Spiritual Abuse x Therapy) with Angie Jay
Exvangelical with Blake Chastain (Season 2 Premiere)
I Thought I was the Only One Season One Finale (Belonging x Deconstruction) with Joey Hill
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