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The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Episode 287 - Raised to Stay after Church Hurt with Natalie Runion

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Has church hurt or spiritual abuse ever made you want to quit church altogether? Have the actions of people who claim to know Jesus made you want to give up on God? For author Natalie Runion, a pastor's kid and pastor herself, she has seen the underside of the Church and ministry. As a teen she experienced a deep church wound after her family was kicked out of the congregation her father pastored. That experience sent Natalie on a journey of trying to determine if God and Church was even worth the effort. It was through her own wrestling that Natalie began the Raised to Stay Instagram page where she challenges the Church and champions the saints. Through small squares, Natalie talks about the church hurt, spiritual abuse, accountability and how to navigate God's call for God's people with the hurt and pain so many of us experience from Church. In her latest book, Raised to Stay: Persevering in Ministry When You Have a Million Reasons to Walk Away, Natalie makes an honest exploration of disappointment with the Church and how to keep your faith in the middle of it. As more and more churches and church leaders make the headlines for moral and leadership failures, Davey talks with Natalie about how to distinguish between church hurt and spiritual abuse, the important role leaders play in listening to those who share stories of leadership misconduct and abuse, and why we need to learn to be people who can wrestle well with our pain and the pain of others. If Church has ever left you questioning who God was or His love for you, this conversation will remind you that God is good and kind even when people are not and that sometimes we have to fight for our faith to believe that.   Website: www.raisedtostay.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/raisedtostay Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/natalie.runion/ Book: Raised to Stay: Persevering in Ministry When You Have a Million Reasons to Walk Awayhttps://a.co/d/67SXp2q Are you ready to take a step towards healing? Join Davey on our next FREE, live Zoom call and learn 5 Steps to Taking Back your Story. Sign up today at: www.nothingiswasted.com/starthere Have you experienced a recent loss or trauma and don't know where to go after everything changes? Community Plus members will get early access to a new mini course launching in May called When Everything Changes: Navigating the Early Days of Loss, Trauma, and Tragedy. Join Community Plus today at www.nothingiswasted.com/communityplus Join our next FREE, live masterclass with our trusted certified coaches and experts: www.nothingiswasted.com/masterclass Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hey, friend.

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I just want to take a quick moment to let you know about something we offer here at

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nothing as waste of ministries.

0:05.4

Now, listen, nothing as waste is not just this podcast that you've been enjoying, all of

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stories of hope and healing in the midst of difficult and painful valleys.

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We're also a ministry with unending resources that can help you move forward on your healing

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journey from whatever pain you've experienced in life.

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We've got the pain to purpose course master classes curated pathways around specific

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pain points in online community and so much more, but if you're just getting started

0:32.2

on the path of healing and you're interested in learning more about how you can even begin

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to untangle your pain, I want to invite you to our free live five steps to taking back

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your story Zoom call.

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I'll be there live and I'll just be sharing some practical steps that you can take right

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here right now to move from the hurt and trauma you've walked through and into deeper healing.

0:53.2

Now I'll be able to engage with each other, you'll be able to ask questions and learn

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what it looks like to start taking back your story.

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Now, it's completely free, but it may just be the step that God uses to begin in you

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a journey of deeper hope and healing no matter what you faced.

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All you got to do is sign up at nothingaswasa.com slash start here again, that's nothing

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is wasted.com slash start here and join me as a first step to taking back your story

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no matter what you've gone through.

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Now, listen, there is very real pain and loss that is threatening to keep you discouraged

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