Writing about religion, psychology, politics, and other impolite dinner conversations
The response you probably didn't even know existed. Today we are going to talk about an often-overlooked trauma response that is near and dear to my heart: the Please / Appease response and how it shows up in religious and political climates.
We can't let the marchers on the Capitol define Christianity with their "Jesus Saves" signs. But don't deny that if we ("we" in this instance being Christians who do not identify with Trumpism, or Christian nationalism, or think we're "not racist") do not speak up and act, we are part of the problem.
I began writing my spiritual memoir back in 2013, writing that now feels like the AOL / dial-up internet version of the book I am working on now. I have been transforming those memoir pieces into a book that examines fundamentalist evangelical Christianity and how it so frequently creates trauma in its adherents.
