WELCOME TO DAY FOUR!

Welcome back!

It’s our final day of the 2026 Annual Summit! It’s been an amazing week, and I’ve loved getting to hear from and even meet some of you this week. I hope you’ve found these sessions to be helpful and hope-filled.

Here are a few notes:

  • As usual, today's sessions will expire after 36 hours, and you can still purchase an All Access Pass at any time if you’d like.
  • I’ll be hosting our last Bonus Session today with our friend Amy Fritz at 1p EST. She’ll be helping me answer some of your questions as we record a live podcast episode.
  • We’ll be meeting for our final Community Call tonight at 9p EST. You can join us at the link below to meet some of our speakers, find community, share your insights and takeaways, and ask your questions. If you missed any of these bonus sessions or calls, all the recordings will be available in the All Access Pass.
  • Applications for the THROUGH Cohort are open. Seats are limited, and we start meeting on Thursday, February 5. You can find more information and apply today.

As always, if you have any questions, comments, or feedback, head over to our Instagram page or send an email to [email protected].

Thanks again for joining me for the 2026 Summit. I truly hope it’s been helpful and hope-filled, and that it’s provided a clear and practical pathway for you to move toward healing and wholeness. 

Enjoy the sessions, and I’ll see you at the Community Call!

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LIVE Bonus Session on YouTube @1p EST

Live Q&A Podcast Recording

with Amy Fritz

Join us for a live Q&A.

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Re-engaging Scripture After Spiritual Abuse

with Pete Enns, Ph.D.

 

Biblical scholar Pete Enns explores curiosity over certainty in faith, tracing Pete’s journey into biblical studies and his core framework engaging scripture—the Bible is ancient, ambiguous, and diverse, and functions as wisdom literature inviting discernment in real situations rather than a rule book.

They discuss how embracing mystery can be comforting, the pitfalls of “the Bible clearly says,” and why context matters more than isolated verses. Pete urges reading the situation as well as the text and seeing multiple biblical voices as a feature, not a flaw.

Listeners will learn practical ways to navigate deconstruction, fear, and theological tension; how to re-engage Scripture without shame; and why community and curiosity matter. Pete offers pastoral guidance on questions like resurrection and suffering, plus helpful resources.

Bio

Peter Enns (Ph.D Harvard University) is Abram S. Clemens professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University in St. Davids, PA. He has written several books and is the cohost of the popular podcast The Bible for Normal People.

Resources 

Website | Instagram | Substack | Facebook

  • The Bible For Normal People
  • Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God) by Pete Enns | Amazon | Bookshop
  • How the Bible Actually Works by Pete Enns| Amazon | Bookshop
  • The Sin of Certainty by Pete Enns | Amazon | Bookshop
  • The Critical Journey by Janet Hagberg & Robert Guelich | Amazon
  • Better Ways to Read the Bible by Zach Lambert | Amazon | Bookshop
  • I’ve Got Questions by Erin Moon | Amazon | Bookshop
  • Knock at the Sky by Liz Charlotte Grant | Amazon | Bookshop
  • Blue Parakeet by Scot McKnight | Amazon | Bookshop
  • Podcast Episode 067: Renewing Your Relationship With Scripture with Zach Lambert
  • Podcast Episode 036: Burning a Path to Renewal with Erin Moon
  • Podcast Episode 037: Sacred Silence and Finding God Through Mystery with Liz Charlotte Grant

Beyond Belief: Breaking Free from Fundamentalist Mindsets, Not Just Doctrines

with Kate Boyd

 

In this conversation, Kate explores how leaving fundamentalist Christianity isn’t just about changing doctrines but transforming the underlying mindsets that shape how we believe. Kate distinguishes beliefs (the content) from mindsets (the operating system) and names common fundamentalist patterns that can persist even after deconstruction.

Learn practical ways to shift your operating system: naming the pattern, practicing both/and thinking, making peace with “I don’t know,” creating space for differences, auditing where and how they belong, releasing the need to defend, and moving from consumption to connection. Learn how to spot and unwind old operating systems that persist after belief changes, and discover practical resources for practicing a more spacious, resilient faith.

Bio

Kate Boyd is the author of An Untidy Faith (Herald Press) and founder The Remembered Table. She guides those leaving toxic church environments to reconstruct faith toward wholeness by equipping people to break free from fundamentalist mindsets, reconstruct faith with nuance and integrity, and trust their own spiritual discernment. Kate holds a master's in theological studies from Perkins School of Theology.

Resources 

Website | Instagram | Threads | Untidy Faith Podcast

Who Will Help When Community is Lost?

with Dr. Janyne McConnaughey

 

In this conversation, author and educator Janyne shares how beginning trauma therapy at 61 reshaped her life, writing, and faith. She recounts uncovering childhood abuse, publishing her books, and stepping into work with the Attachment & Trauma Network and the Religious Trauma Network.

Janyne explains why attachment is foundational to self-regulation (not control), how ministry practices can retraumatize, and why “deconstruction” often looks like reframing harmful beliefs. She also describes losing her church community, caring for her husband through a liver transplant, and discovering genuine support outside religious spaces.

Learn the neurobiology of belonging, the difference between loneliness and aloneness, and practical ways to prepare for crisis by healing—through therapy, psychoeducation, attuned communities, and small “glimmers” of hope. Expect insights on worthiness, trusting help, and finding spiritual connection beyond tradition, plus helpful resources.

Watch the full conversation and more with an All Access Pass.

Bio 

Janyne McConnaughey, PhD, is a nationally known trauma-informed author and speaker. Her fourth book, Trauma in the Pews: The Impact on Faith and Spiritual Practices, draws from her thirty-three-year career training teachers and ministry workers at colleges and universities, as well as her lifelong involvement in church ministry.

She holds a PhD in Educational Leadership and Innovation from Colorado State University–Denver and is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tabor College (Master of Education: Neuroscience and Trauma). Janyne recently completed a five-year term as a board member for the Attachment & Trauma Network (ATN), two years as president.

She and her husband live south of Seattle with their rescue dog Weber, where they enjoy exploring the Pacific Northwest and spending time with their children and grandchildren.

Resources

Website | Instagram | Substack

Life After Faith Crisis

with Catherine McNiel

 

Author Catherine McNeil discusses her book Mid-Faith Crisis, using the “how it started/how it’s going” meme to frame the journey from early certainty to seasons of doubt and disillusionment. She and coauthor Jason outline four stages of faith—inherited, confident, mid, and conscious—normalizing the “wall” many hit and reframing doubt as part of growth, not failure. They contrast brittle certainty with relational faith, emphasize agency over prescription, and warn against swapping one tribe’s ultimatums for another’s.

Learn how to care for your nervous system amid spiritual upheaval, find safe community, and cultivate wisdom, humility, and comfort with mystery. Rich metaphors—compost, seasons, rip currents—offer hope that endings can become soil for new life, and that surrender can be an agency-rich resilience.

Watch the full conversation and get an excerpt from Mid-Faith Crisis, plus transcripts and more with an All Access Pass.

Bio

Catherine McNiel is a chaplain, author, editor, and speaker searching for the creative, redemptive work of God in our ordinary lives. She lives in the Chicagoland area with her husband, three children, and an enormous garden. Catherine holds an MA in human service counseling and is finishing a Master of Divinity at North Park Theological Seminary.

Her book Mid-Faith Crisis: Finding a Path through Doubt, Disillusionment, and Dead Ends released June 2025 and she was the project editor for The Message Women's Devotional Bible which released August 2025. Her previous books include Fearing Bravely, All Shall Be Well, and Long Days of Small Things, which was an ECPA finalist for New Author. She's on the lookout for beauty, wisdom, and iced coffee.

Resources 

Website | Instagram | Substack

Join us for our Live Community Call!

Attending a virtual summit doesn't mean we can't create opportunities to meet other people and cultivate community.

Join us each night of the Summit to meet and find others across the world who share your experiences, are looking for help and resources, and desiring a safe place to be seen and heard. We may have some guest speakers joining us each call to meet and hear from you, and to answer your questions.

Plan for just about an hour together, and feel free to come late or leave early. Mostly, I want you to know and see—you are not alone.

You're welcome to join as many calls as you'd like. Click the button below to join the call on Zoom at 9p EST.

Join the call here at 9p EST

Looking for more resources and a community?

Join our THROUGH Cohort!

The THROUGH Cohort is an 8-week program designed to help you navigate your own experience of spiritual abuse.

  • Materials are available this Saturday, Jan 31.
  • Cohorts start meeting next Thursday and Friday, February 5 and 6.
  • Choose from 5 different groups to join when it works best for you.
  • Space is limited, and filling quickly.
  • Limited scholarships available.

Click below for more information and to apply today!

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