Divorce wasn’t in the GPS coordinates, but here you are.
Anger, betrayal, anguish, grief blitz you upon arrival.
You fought tooth and nail to save it.
Or maybe you were the cause.
Either way, I’m glad you’re here.
You’re going through one of the most traumatic, life altering storms you will ever face. There’s nothing calm about divorce. “Amicable” is a lie.
Your emotions are raw. That’s o.k. It’s called being human.
Two souls made into one. Now ripped apart. That bleeds. It screams.
“Where do You go from here?”
Friendships look different. Family functions dysfunction. Church feels full of silent strangers.
You might feel lost right now, but I’m grateful your reading this. Welcome.
No shame. No judgement. This is a place of hope. Today might be the first step forward on this new journey you never chose.
There’s no quick fix to divorce. It’s effects are lasting and painful. There’s no magic pill that makes the pain go away. The good news is you can breathe here.
You can scream if you need to.
A refuge of healing. A safe space to recover and grow. That’s what this place is. You are not alone.
We’re meeting here at divorce, we’ll walk with you to hope.
Hi, my name is Dave, the creator of BackwardPastor. Funny name I know, but it’s directly connected to my divorce.
I’ll never forget the silence after it all. I was in a silent hell, screaming into the void. My pastoral career was over. No one was coming to help. I never felt more alone and hopeless.
I wanted to die.
Church offered no help. Maybe a class, but I wanted nothing to do with that. It felt so alienating from the church for me.
I felt every bit of the blunt force trauma divorce brings.
God’s grace brought me through. God brought some incredible brothers in Christ to walk with me…even carry me at times.
That’s what inspired this. A voice to come alongside. Maybe even carry you at times. To let you know you’ll get through and life will get better.
On this journey, I pray that you grow in your identity of who you are, or can be, in Christ. He is our hope.
Thanks for being here, God bless.
