Episode 349 - Finding Your Way Back to God in an Age of Deconstruction with Dr. Lina AbuJamra

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

What do you do when the people of God fail and you find yourself questioning God because of it? How do you deconstruct your misunderstandings about God, His people and life without deconstructing your faith altogether? For author, Bible teacher, and medical doctor Lina AbuJamra healing from the hurt she experienced from her church led her on an unexpected journey in her faith. What started as a deep disappointment in people led her to feeling let down by God. It took a lot of time and realizations that what she had come to believe about God and how He worked wasn't based on His truth and that perhaps deconstructing the falsehoods and misunderstandings about God, wasn't a bad thing. However, as things were being taken apart in her understanding of who God was, she also needed to reconstruct what was true so that her faith would strengthen rather than fade away. It wasn't a quick process, but a holy one and one that she wrote about in her book, Fractured Faith: Finding Your Way Back to God in an Age of Deconstruction. In this helpful conversation, Aubrey and Lina talk about why deconstruction is often rooted in our disappointments, ways in which we can heal from Church hurt, and how sometimes our doubts, questions and hurt can lead us into a deeper faith. If you or someone you know has walked through being hurt by the Church and has found themselves unraveling, this episode will encourage you that perhaps through your hurt, God is wanting to rebuild in you a stronger, more resilient faith and life in Him. Website: https://www.livingwithpower.org/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/linaabujamra Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingwithpower/ Book: Unshakeable Moxie: Growing a Resilient Faith https://a.co/d/34veaB2 Fractured Faith: Finding Your Way Back to God in an Age of Deconstruction https://a.co/d/8B3xmyM Don't Tell Anyone You're Reading This: A Christian Doctor's Thoughts on Sex, Shame, and Other Troublesome Issues https://a.co/d/32hNHjX You asked for it. And we answered! The Official Nothing is Wasted Sweatshirt is now available for pre-order: nothingiswasted.com/sweatshirtIt's so hard to watch someone who is hurting after a recent loss or trauma has changed everything for them. The When Everything Changes: Navigating the Early Days of Loss, Trauma, and Tragedy mini-course will help those you love walk through the early days of grief and suffering and find hope on the other side: www.nothingiswasted.com/everythingchanges Get your copy of the Nothing is Wasted Book today: www.nothingiswastedbook.com

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0:00.0	Hey friends, one of the things our team gets asked every time we're at a speaking engagement or event
0:05.7	is where can I get that sweatshirt? Everyone wants to know where to get our simple sweatshirts
0:12.2	emblazoned with the words, nothing is wasted, that we wear as
0:16.2	we're sharing about our ministry or connecting people to our resources or hearing people's
0:20.4	pain-to-purpose journey?
0:22.4	We know that there is nothing inherently
0:24.1	special about this simple phrase on a sweatshirt. The reason we've been drawn to
0:29.6	it and you've been drawn to it is because nothing is wasted. It's not just some Christian
0:34.0	cliche phrase or pithy platitude that you throw around, but it's a deep longing of your
0:39.9	soul as you encounter trauma and tragedy, loss and pain. We all need the reminder that
0:46.1	our pain won't be wasted, that in God's upside-down kingdom he will take all the
0:51.5	hurt and suffering we've encountered and use it somehow.
0:55.6	For his glory, yes, but also for our good and for the good of the world around us.
1:01.0	That's why you love our simple nothing is wasted sweatshirt, which by the way if you're watching this on YouTube, I've got it on right now.
1:09.0	And that is why we are so excited to announce the official launch of the nothing is
1:15.8	wasted sweatshirt. That's right. They are in the store as of in a couple of days because right now you can pre-order the sweatshirt.
1:26.3	It's the perfect gift for a friend or yourself that will serve as a reminder to everyone who
1:32.1	sees it and you can pre-order yours now by going to
1:35.2	nothing is wasted.com slash sweatshirt before they actually release.
1:42.4	Now there's two different colors, there's a black one like I'm
1:44.5	wearing right now and there is a, you know, I didn't know the color of this other one.
1:48.1	I thought maybe it was like a cream or a beige or something like that. My wife informed me that it's called sand. Sand is the
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