Lori Williams | A Liminal Space

Tag: spiritual abuse

  • Religious Trauma Survivors: The Room Has No Place to Put It

    What happens when religious trauma survivors bring their pain into church — and the room, or the person across from them, doesn’t know where to put it.

  • Come As You Are

    “The ancient practice of visio divina, or sacred seeing, invites us to look deeply at a word, a symbol, or a scene, allowing it to penetrate our senses and spirit, then listening for what it might reveal to us.” This is a quote from a book I started reading recently by Chad Jarnagin, The Congruent…

  • Signs of a Toxic Religious System (And What Real Belonging Looks Like)

    When the same wreck keeps happening — the same fear, the same control, the same shunning — the problem isn’t the individual driver anymore. Here are the signs of a toxic religious system, and what it actually feels like to belong somewhere real.

  • Healing From Religious Trauma Isn’t Linear

    I believed everything happened for a reason — until reporting abuse taught me some things don’t work that way at all. A story about loss, meaning, and learning to reintegrate.

  • Relief Isn’t Always Healing

    Sometimes the way we think about healing is the very thing keeping us from it. A reflection on spiritual bypassing, the difference between relief and real healing, and what it looks like to finally witness our own pain.

  • Finding Hope Amidst Chaos: A Personal Journey

    It is I Who Must BeginIt is I who must begin.Once I begin, once I try –here and now,right where I am,not excusing myselfby saying thingswould be easier elsewhere,without grand speeches andostentatious gestures,but all the more persistently–to live in harmonywith the “voice of Being,” as Iunderstand it within myself–as soon as I begin that,I suddenly…

  • The Lure and the Magnet: Why You Keep Getting Pulled Toward the Wrong Rooms

    Sometimes we get lost trying to find our way home. If you’ve ever walked away from a community wondering what was wrong with you — this is for you. There is nothing wrong with you. You’re just someone who was paying close attention.

  • My Faith Wounding Is Not Intended to Harm You

    If I had a physical injury — like walking with a limp after a serious car accident — you might understand my faith wounding differently. My story isn’t about threatening your faith. It’s about working through what happened to me.

  • You Were Not Lucky. You Were Lost.

    Before I ever walked into a church, I was already carrying something. A loss that happened before language. Before memory. Before I had a single word for any of it. This is the story of what that loss made me believe — and what I am finally learning to let go.

  • What Is Real Safety — And How Do You Find It?

    Safety isn’t the absence of danger. It’s the presence of something. Learn how to recognize real safety in your body, test for it in relationships, and begin rebuilding trust with yourself — one small step at a time.