We don't tell you what to believe. We don't have an agenda for where you should "end up" spiritually. We're not here to talk you out of faith, or back into it. We're here to walk with you through the wilderness.

While the term "deconstruction" has gained popularity in recent years, the phenomenon itself is far from new.

Biblical literalism and Fundamentalist Christianity [[EDITOR'S NOTE: This post is part of our Guest Writers series. At Deconstruction Doulas, we seek to present many survivor voices with many perspectives on the issues that we confront: spiritual abuse, patriarchy, high-control religion, deconstruction, deconversion, and everything that lives 'downstream' from these things. The content found in posts made by guest writers are not the opinions of the Deconstruction Doulas. You

[[EDITOR'S NOTE: This post is part of our Guest Writers series. At Deconstruction Doulas, we seek to present many survivor voices with many perspectives on the issues that we confront: spiritual abuse, patriarchy, high-control religion, deconstruction, deconversion, and everything that lives 'downstream' from these things. The content found in posts made by guest writers are not the opinions of the Deconstruction Doulas. You may find some survivors’ opinions and perspectives

[[EDITOR'S NOTE: This post is part of our Guest Writers series. At Deconstruction Doulas, we seek to present many survivor voices with many perspectives on the issues that we confront: spiritual abuse, patriarchy, high-control religion, deconstruction, deconversion, and everything that lives 'downstream' from these things. The content found in posts made by guest writers are not the opinions of the Deconstruction Doulas. You may find some survivors’ opinions and perspectives

[[EDITOR'S NOTE: This post is part of our Guest Writers series. At Deconstruction Doulas, we seek to present many survivor voices with many perspectives on the issues that we confront: spiritual abuse, patriarchy, high-control religion, deconstruction, deconversion, and everything that lives 'downstream' from these things. The content found in posts made by guest writers are not the opinions of the Deconstruction Doulas. You may find some survivors’ opinions and perspectives

Tonight, eight survivors from our community told their stories on national television. And the world listened. We've been sitting with that for the last hour, trying to process it. I want to start by thanking Pamela Brown and her entire journalistic team. Pam approached this story with the kind of care and rigor it deserved. She gave genuine, patient attention to what these women actually experienced and why it matters. You saw that tonight on your screens, and it came throug

I grew up in a religious cult that abused children. As I grew, and throughout my teen and young adult years, I was a part of churches that turned away from the sexual abuse of children in their midst and even protected predators from the pulpit. I am the fifth child in a family of twelve. My mother homeschooled all of us and I stayed at home until I married. I did everything right and was the perfect daughter. Over the years, as I have picked apart my childhood and my experi