Grace-Fueled Resilience: Embracing Hope and Finding Healing When Church Hurts Happen w/ Natalie Runion

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🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Click here to send us your email for our newsletter OR to send a message to the show! We have no way of responding unless you leave your email.When the sanctuary becomes a battleground for our hearts, where do we find the courage to heal? This episode welcomes the remarkable Natalie Runion, acclaimed author and founder of Raised to Stay, who courageously unpacks the trials of church hurt and the harrowing yet hopeful path to recovery. Our candid conversation traverses the rugged landscape of ...

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Coffee and Bible Time podcast.
0:10.7	For those that may be listening for the first time, our podcast is an offshoot from our main platform YouTube.
0:16.4	Our channel is called Coffee and Bible Time where our goal is to help people delight in God's Word and thrive in Christian living.
0:25.5	We also have a website in storefront with Bible studies, prayer journals, courses, and more.
0:31.6	I'm Mentor Mama and today we're going to be talking about encouraging people to stick with the church through hard and hurtful seasons.
0:41.5	And I know what you're thinking, but I really want to acknowledge it first that church hurt is real.
0:49.0	It happens every day, unfortunately.
0:52.4	We've seen the effects with church membership being down and church
0:57.1	leaders leaving the church. But I want to propose to you what if God is using this season of
1:05.6	hurt to mature you to help you grow in your faith and strengthen your spiritual walk.
1:13.5	Because along with hurt also comes hope and healing.
1:18.3	Our church family, just like any family, experiences times of hurt within the body.
1:23.7	But today, we're going to examine how we can question behaviors and beliefs without
1:31.9	quitting Jesus and detaching ourselves from the family of God. Our guest today, Natalie Runyon,
1:39.6	experienced a time when she was ready to walk away from the church after being hurt, to the
1:45.6	point where she actually buried her dream of pursuing Christian ministry. But thankfully, God
1:52.3	wasn't through with her because she is here today to share with us how to pursue love and
1:58.9	forgiveness during the time of hurt and not abandon our faith,
2:04.0	but endure and fight the good fight to get to the side of healing.
2:10.1	Natalie Runyon is an author, speaker, worship leader, songwriter, and the founder of
2:15.8	Raised to Stay, a ministry for those in the church who are
2:19.7	finding their own healing, calling, and voice in church leadership. Natalie and Tony Runyon live
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