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The Desert Sanctuary

The Desert Sanctuary

By: Karl and Laura Forehand
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Life is hard some times! People often long for safe places where they can express their grief, confusion or even anger. Whether you are deconstructing, questioning, or doubting, you are welcome and valued here. When many of us venture out to find healing or relief or adventure, it can often feel like walking out into the Desert. Welcome to our Sanctuary in the Desert. You are welcome to share your thoughts and what you are producing while you are processing. We will endeavor to lean toward the contemplative and shy away from politics. Welcome to the Sanctuary, Karl and Laura ForehandKarl Forehand Christianity Hygiene & Healthy Living Spirituality
Episodes
  • 436 – Tia Levings – I Belong to Me

    436 – Tia Levings – I Belong to Me
    May 6 2026
    Our guest is Tia Levings From her Website: I’m Tia Levings, a writer, creator, guest expert, and content specialist. I shine light on the abuses of Christian fundamentalism and offer contextual insight into the true horrors of religious trauma. My memoir, A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy, releases with St. Martin’s Press on August […]
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    39 mins
  • 435 – Dorothy Littell Greco – Misogyny in America

    435 – Dorothy Littell Greco – Misogyny in America
    Feb 25 2026
    If we hope to fight and eventually heal from misogyny, we must first be able to identify and understand it. Despite the undeniable progress for women and girls in the 20th and 21st centuries, misogyny is still alive and well in today’s culture—often in ways that are more subtle and more insidious than the outright […]
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    56 mins
  • 434 – Melissa Duge Spiers – Holy Disobedience

    434 – Melissa Duge Spiers – Holy Disobedience
    Feb 18 2026
    “Holy Disobedience is a visceral portrayal of a daughter’s quest for the dark truth beneath the religious veneer of forced beauty and familial cover-ups. Spiers’s writing is propulsive and intelligent.” -Tia Levings, author of the New York Times bestselling A Well-Trained Wife Holy Disobedience is a gripping, unflinching story by Melissa Duge Spiers about growing up in the shadow of […]
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    51 mins
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