Losing Church Friends: A Candid Look at Religious Social Dynamics
Join us in a raw and revealing session on the 'UnYoked Podcast' as host Todd Turner teams up with guest Carrie Vitt in Season 2, Episode 3, titled "Losing Friends." In this intimate conversation, which delves deep into the personal upheaval following a divorce, we peel back the layers of church relationships, societal judgments, and the quest for genuine connection.
Timestamps:
- [00:01:15] Todd Turner's disillusion with the Bible as a self-help guide
- [00:04:40] The stigma around male emotion and friendship
- [00:08:10] Losing friends and the quest for authenticity post-divorce, with personal insights from Todd and Carrie
- [00:14:30] Rumors in the crosshairs: Trusting the truth in times of trial
- [00:19:55] Defying societal and cultural religious norms: Staying true to one's heart
- [00:26:40] Friendship dynamics in flux: The evolution of coed camaraderie after a breakup
- [00:33:20] Supportive vs. Judgmental: Friends who stand by you in the storm
- [00:38:50] Singlehood and suspicion: The single woman's struggle within married circles
- [00:43:35] Divorce's double edge: Losing a spouse and friend, and the complexities of keeping mutual friends
- [00:51:10] A rally cry
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Support the showUnYoked - The Post Divorce Podcast: Navigating the Pain, Process, and Possibilities As Christians
Divorce and the new single life is hard but it is even more complex when you made a promise to God to "keep your marriage till death do you part." American Christian culture doesn't make navigating the decisions and ripple effects of divorce any easier. Christian marriage and divorce advice runs rampant yet often conflicts with the realities of pain, abuse, loneliness, and the real world.
God has a lot more to say than, “I hate divorce.” God gives a standard and then graciously restores and renews people even when His standard isn't met.
Those of us who are navigating the life changing event of unYoking from a spouse and/or uprooting a family have to journey through some dark, lonely, and confusing places. Our issues aren't frequently tackled from the pulpit and the advice we receive isn't always relevant to our current place.
The UnYoked podcast is just for you. A safe place to wonder, ponder, relate, and consider your steps of navigating a divorce, singleness, and the future. A place where we live in the tension between God's plan and the realities of living in a broken world with broken people and broken relationships. Buckle up... remove the mask.. and let's get real about discussing the ripple effects of divorce and equip ourselves to survive being unYoked as a Christian.
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