God Attachment Healing

Send Me Questions on Attachment
Doubt, distance, and disappointment don’t have to be the end of your faith story. They can be the door back to a deeper, sturdier life with God. Today we sit down with pastor and church planter Patrick Hubbard to explore deconstruction with nuance—naming real wounds, clarifying core doctrines, and recovering the kind of church life that quietly forms people over time.

Patrick traces his journey from international church planting with Living Bread Ministries to launching a local congregation built on essentials: Scripture read and preached, weekly communion, congregational singing, and shared prayer. Instead of chasing the next experience, they lowered the volume so the room could hear itself worship. That shift—from worship as a private encounter to worship as communal formation—reshaped how people healed and how they grew. We also tackle the lingering effects of the pandemic, when many learned to treat online viewing as “equivalent” church. Patrick explains why his church intentionally refused to simulate the gathering, and how presence, participation, and proximity enable the one-anothers that streams cannot.

We get practical about doctrine and reconstruction. Which beliefs are non-negotiable? Patrick names the center—Jesus’ virgin birth, sinless life, atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension, and promised return—and urges charity on secondary issues that should not break fellowship. We discuss politics, culture-war fatigue, and the quiet harm done when celebrity conversions get platformed without patient discipleship. Fruit, not hype, signals genuine faith. As Christ’s ambassadors, our endorsements, corrections, and everyday conduct either reflect or distort the One we represent.

If you’re wary, wounded, or wondering where to begin, Patrick offers a simple next step: show up in faith. Don’t hunt for a church that checks every box; find a body that needs your gifts and start serving. Healing has a pace, but growth requires presence. Subscribe, share this conversation with a friend who’s wrestling, and leave a review to help others find it.
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I have been a Christ-follower for the last 20+ years of my life, and have seen the Lord's grace, strength, and faithfulness through it all. He led me to pursue a degree in higher education and has given me a gift for the field of counseling.

Send Me Questions on Attachment
A cracked façade can still shine on Instagram, but it cannot carry a soul. Elysse joins us to peel back the layers of anxious attachment, approval chasing, and meticulously controlled routines that unraveled into a full-blown mental breakdown and an involuntary hospital stay. What followed wasn’t a polished comeback; it was a raw surrender that reframed pain as loving redirection and opened the door to a different kind of peace.

We walk through the hard rooms of her story—early instability, people-pleasing that numbed more than it soothed, and the heavy grief surrounding abortion—and we sit with the difference between condemnation and conviction. Elysse explains how shame lifted at the cross, leaving space for honest grief and real healing. Her search for the transcendent led deep into new age practices, promises of power, and even an eerie “new name” moment. Then, in a quiet flash, the presence of Jesus broke through, scripture came alive, and a planned trip to further her spiritual path was replaced by a church course and a new way to be human.

We talk about leaving tight-knit communities, with all the unfollows and closed doors that come with a public reversal. We also highlight the believers who held firm convictions with gentle presence—people whose kindness confounded expectations and kept the conversation open. For anyone wrestling with anxiety, identity, or the ache to belong, Elysse's journey is a clear map: grace reaches farther than your worst day, truth can be tender, and kindness has the power to lead you home.

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Find Elysse on IG: @beledbylove
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I have been a Christ-follower for the last 20+ years of my life, and have seen the Lord's grace, strength, and faithfulness through it all. He led me to pursue a degree in higher education and has given me a gift for the field of counseling.

Send Me Questions on Attachment
What if our arguments about politics, ethics, and identity are symptoms of a deeper amnesia about what a human being is? We sat down with ethicist and professor Jason Glen to rethink the Image of God from the ground up—why it matters now, where classic theology helps, and how a richer view can heal the way we live, lead, and speak.

We unpack three major angles that have shaped Christian thought. Structural views highlight capacities like reason, conscience, and will; functional views center vocation, stewardship, and culture‑making; relational views focus on communion with God and neighbor. Each lens adds clarity, but each can harm when taken alone. Tie dignity to capacity and you risk sidelining the unborn and the disabled. Tie it to productivity and worth rises and falls with output. Tie it to active relating and isolation looks like erasure. Held together, they restore a durable vision of human worth.

We also trace the beauty and stakes of complementarity. “Male and female he created them” is more than a line in Genesis; it’s a living parable of unity and difference that echoes God’s relational life. When homes and churches honor equal worth and distinct gifts, authority becomes responsibility, help becomes strength, and conflict becomes a path to growth rather than a permanent war. That same vision reframes heated issues—abortion, end‑of‑life care, immigration, public discourse—by insisting every person is an image bearer deserving of respect.

Along the way, we address the popular “human being vs human doing” trope, clarify why “image bearer” differs from “child of God,” and offer practical steps for digital civility and real‑world compassion. If you’ve felt torn between truth and tenderness, conviction and humility, this conversation offers a framework sturdy enough for both. Listen, share with a friend, and leave a review to help more people rediscover a hope‑filled, dignifying vision of humanity.
Jason Glen IG: @truettglen
Jason Glen website: https://jtruettglen.com/
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Send Me Questions on Attachment
What if the Bible’s clearest portrait of God starts with compassion, not condemnation? We sit down with Dr. Gary Yates—professor and pastor—to trace a through-line of mercy and comfort running from Sinai to the Psalms, and all the way through exile and return. Beginning with Exodus 34, where God introduces himself as merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, we explore how this creed shapes the rest of the Old Testament and reframes popular assumptions about a harsh, distant deity.

Across vivid stories, grace stops being theory. Hagar meets the God who hears in the wilderness. Elijah finds food, rest, and a renewed call under a broom tree. We revisit the conquest texts with ancient Near Eastern context in view, acknowledging tough questions while uncovering the nuance of judgment aimed at moral corruption, not ethnic erasure, and the surprising mercy extended to outsiders like Rahab. Along the way, we name how our church upbringing and family dynamics can tilt our view of God toward fear or favor—and why careful interpretation can heal those lenses.

We then map a practical theology of grace: God initiates relationship with flawed people, sustains it through provisions like sacrifice and the Day of Atonement, and restores it even after devastating failure. Repentance means turning, and grace empowers the turn. The Psalms model honest faith, giving language for seasons when God feels silent and showing how remembering his character revives courage. Jonah challenges our blind spots as we confront whether we want mercy for those we dislike as much as we want it for ourselves. Threaded through it all is divine patience—the long-suffering love that refuses to give up on people.

If you’re wrestling with hard passages, heavy seasons, or a history of fire-and-brimstone faith, this conversation offers clarity, context, and comfort. Listen, reflect, and share it with someone who needs a gentler, truer vision of God. If it resonates, subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: which story most reshaped your view of grace?
Books by Dr. Yates
30 Days to Jeremiah
The Message of the Twelve

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I hope these episodes bring you closer to Christ and encourage you in your walk with Him.
ABOUT ME 👇
I have been a Christ-follower for the last 20+ years of my life, and have seen the Lord's grace, strength, and faithfulness through it all. He led me to pursue a degree in higher education and has given me a gift for the field of counseling.

Send Me Questions on Attachment
When faith and harm collide, the quiet question under the surface is often the hardest: why would God allow this? We sit down with therapist Carley Marcouillier to name moral injury, trace the subtle red flags of spiritual abuse, and map a steady, humane path back to safety and a secure attachment to God. This is not a takedown; it’s a toolkit for survivors, friends, and leaders who want to cultivate healthier, more honest communities.

We unpack how control, consequence, compliance, and culture can bend a church toward fear, and how spiritual learned helplessness teaches people to distrust the Spirit’s voice within them. From dress codes to stage access to who gets believed, we show how shame and threat seep into the body and shape a fear-based image of God. Then we pivot toward repair: creating real safety (even if that means stepping back from church for a season), telling the truth in front of empathic witnesses, grieving what was lost, and reconstructing a faithful imagination of God’s heart. Along the way, we revisit the Bereans’ discernment, explore language that helps men bridge head and heart, and offer simple attachment markers—feeling seen, safe, and soothed by God—as guides for your next step.

What emerges isn’t perfection, but a way forward: bodies that don’t brace at Scripture, leaders who welcome questions, and communities that practice rupture and repair. If you’ve wondered whether your discomfort is a warning light, or if you’ve asked why and felt dismissed, you’ll find clarity, validation, and practical next moves here.

If this conversation serves you, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs it, and leave a review with the red flag you’ll watch for next—your story might be the mirror someone else needs.

Follow and connect with Carley on IG @carleymarcouillier and also @edenholisticcounseling_lyh for more helpful information. 
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I hope these episodes bring you closer to Christ and encourage you in your walk with Him.
ABOUT ME 👇
I have been a Christ-follower for the last 20+ years of my life, and have seen the Lord's grace, strength, and faithfulness through it all. He led me to pursue a degree in higher education and has given me a gift for the field of counseling.