John Hill shares a raw perspective on his own deconstruction journey having been raised in religion and working in church leadership for years.

In this conversation, Flipped Table Collective founders Christie Love and Holly Madden talk with Rue Lohn about how and why they created a collaborative preaching team at their church plant in southwest Missouri.

This conversation highlights the way that the church plant that Christie and Holly started in SW Missouri approached children’s ministry in a trauma-informed way.

This video is a conversation with Christie Love and Holly Madden about the importance of prioritizing self-care for faith leaders and those who are working regularly with people in need.

This resources provides 30 ideas on lessons and conversations to have with children in a gathered space, including topics on connection to the land/earth, social justice, and to one another. This resource also provides trauma-informed-tips around each topic, around holidays, and around times of crisis, loss or change.

This guide offers simple guidance on how to correctly use pronouns in all environments. This guide can be used both virtually or downloaded as a poster.

We recognize that in many of our resources, videos, and workshops we use many trauma terms that some members may not be familiar with. For this reason, our team has compiled a list of commonly used terms that you may experience as you engage with Flipped Table Collective resources. 

In this video, Holly and Christie talk about looking at the wall art, decorative elements, and artistic elements that are present in your faith space and how they can be triggering to people who may use your space.

This book discussion guide will help you lead participants through a critical conversation about the history of faith and politics in our nation. The guide suggests passages to discuss, ways to breakdown each chapter, and supplemental resources that you can share with your group to lead to an even greater understanding and application of the information presented by Kobes Du Mez.

This video introduces and discusses the concept of creating a cooperative youth group model in communities.

This resource will walk you through the basics of preparing to apply for a grant, how to apply for grants, and how to implement and report on them for your organization.

This guided meditation acknowledges, honors, and holds space for the experience of religious trauma. It takes you through a space of learning to trust and listen to your body, to open yourself up to receive healing, and to see yourself as an extension of that healing in the world.

Photographs can be a triggering experience for many people with trauma histories. This resource will share some guidelines for trauma-informed picture-taking and some examples.

These grounding exercises provide a deep connection and grounding to nature, to the present, and to the greater world around us.

Grounding is the practice of regulation that can help calm the nervous system during panic/anxiety attacks, overstimulation, or high stress. These videos provide step-by-step guides for different practices to help support you in grounding, or to offer tools to use with children, teenagers, or adults in your world.

This guided meditative practice grounds to the earth and to one another.

This spoken word poem holds a space and message for the advocate who is facing burnout.

These posters can be downloaded to be printed, shared virtually, or used personally to help encourage grounding techniques.

This book discussion guide explore the book Church of the Wild by Victoria Loorz. This book honors deconstruction, spirituality, and a deep connection to the wild world.