"The Hope In Our Scars" with special guest Aimee Byrd; Staci Frenes joins us in the girlfriend chat

Church is supposed to be our safe place. Our Christian brothers and sisters are supposed to support us when we are lied about, misrepresented and treated unfairly. What do you do when all that fails you?

Our guest today knows all too well about this kind of church hurt. Aimee has been through it all and is using her voice to help others who are trying to process this kind of hurt. The kind of hurt that shatters everything you knew to be true. Her story is compelling and awful and beautiful all at the same time. Find out how she is walking out of a deeply painful place, with her faith in Christ intact.

We are thrilled to have author/speaker/blogger, Aimee Byrd as our guest this week. Marcia, Stacey and Marie Griffith have a beautiful conversation with Aimee about healing after church hurt and how to move on from that without losing your faith in Christ. Her story is powerful and we know it will be encouraging for many of you.

ABOUT AIMEE BYRD:
Aimee is the author of several books, including The Sexual Reformation, Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Why Can’t We Be Friends?, No Little Women, and her new book coming out May 7th is called The Hope In Our Scars.

She writes about looking for the beauty and wonder in theology—learning about God—and spiritual formation, Aimee writes about the things she hoped to talk about in church. In this quest, she’s found many others who’ve been disillusioned by the church but are still looking for what’s real, beautiful, true, and good. It’s often not where we think it is. She writes regularly on her Substack at https://aimeebyrd.substack.com/

To learn more about Aimee: https://aimeebyrd.com/
To pre-order The Hope In Our Scars: https://www.amazon.com/Hope-Our-Scars-Underground-Disillusionment/dp/0310157145/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1699453248&sr=8-1

More podcasts that dive deeper into Aimee's story:
The Roys Report

The Two Cities Podcast
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Also, our friend Staci Frenes joins Marcia in the girlfriend chat segment and they talk about the complicated emotions surrounding Easter when you are in deconstruction and the difference between peacekeeping and peacemaking. Join us!

To learn more about Stacey and her work: https://linktr.ee/clarityunleashed

To learn more about Marcia Ramirez: https://linktr.ee/marciaramirez

To learn more about God and My Girlfriends Ministries: www.godandmygirlfriendsministries.org

Chapters

• 0:11 Introducing Staci Frenes
• 2:04 Deconstruction and Easter feelings
• 12:31 Discussing Field Notes From The Wilderness
• 13:59 Peacekeeping/Peacemaking
• 26:23 About God and My Girlfriends Ministries
• 27:24 Introducing Aimee Byrd
• 29:17 Conversation with Aimee Byrd starts
• 1:17:51 Next week on this podcast