For the ones whoโ€™ve been silent too long


โ€œ๐™„โ€™๐™ข ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ฎ,โ€ ๐™„ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ž๐™™, ๐™›๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ.

My therapist looked at me, calm and steady, and said, โ€œ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™—๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™š๐™ก๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™™๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™– ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™.โ€

That moment cracked something open in me.

My anger wasnโ€™t shameful โ€ฆ it was sacred. My anger wasnโ€™t destructive โ€ฆ it was directive.

It pointed me back to the places Iโ€™d tried to buryโ€”the story behind the anger (and endless grief) I hadnโ€™t yet told.

The deliberate harm and manipulation I experienced in the church.

The silence.

The shaming.

The victim blaming.

The cover-ups.

The spiritual abuse dressed up as authority.

When I went looking for help, nothing existed. So I had to turn to God alone.

And He met me in the wilderness, outside the system that failed me and did not provide the safety and sacredness it promised.

Piece by piece, He rebuilt what others had tried to destroy.

My healing didnโ€™t happen in a sanctuary.

It happened in silence.

In story.

In fire.

๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป.

And with my remaining time here on earth, I know what Iโ€™m here to do:

Iโ€™m here to amplify voices like yours.

The waymakers.

The challengers.

The truth-tellers.

The storytellers.

The ones who see whatโ€™s broken and choose to boldly build whatโ€™s needed for revival and reclamation of the church.

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒโ€ฆ

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒโ€ฆ

I want to invite you to Unlock Your Story.

In just 60 days, we will:

โ€” Outline the book youโ€™ve been carrying clearly, courageously, and without compromise.

โ€” Map your message into tangible Kingdom impact that leads to lasting change.

Two ways to work with me:

โžœ A private 1:1 book mapping experience

โžœ A small, 10-person cohort of like-hearted leaders starting in June

Reply โ€œCOHORTโ€ or โ€œPRIVATEโ€, and Iโ€™ll help you discern the best path forward.
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For the past 15 years, Iโ€™ve run a marketing agency that works with faith-fueled publishers, authors, speakers, and thought leaders. We have built movements that have reached millions and sold over 2 million books.

Now, Iโ€™m inviting people like you into a redemptive movement through story: one that disrupts harmful systems within the Church, challenges divisions between the Church and culture, and reforms spiritual leadership.

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Lindsey Hartz

I am the CEO of Ignite Faith Media, a multi-media agency that provides mindset, message, and marketing training for non-fiction Christian authors. My goal is to connect readers in need of hope, healing and renewal of faith with powerful messages from communicators that have experienced the same and found their way through to a unique path back to God.

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