Faith Formation Resources

For the ones who were wired differently.

Trauma-informed resources for neurodivergent believers, the families who love them, and the churches learning to make room.

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The Neurodivergent Pew: A Church Welcome Guide

Practical, pastoral guidance for churches ready to stop accidentally excluding the people God wired differently.

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Who This Is For

You belong here.

Whether you're neurodivergent yourself, raising a child who is, leading a church, or just trying to love someone well — there's a place for you here.

Neurodivergent Believers

You've spent years feeling like faith wasn't made for a brain like yours. You're not broken. You're not behind. You're exactly who this is for.

Families & Caregivers

You love someone who experiences faith differently and you want to understand, support, and advocate for them without getting it wrong.

Churches & Ministries

You want your church to be a place where neurodivergent people don't have to mask to belong. You just need a place to start.

Hey.

I'm Kristen.

Author. Trauma-informed faith writer.
Neurodivergent. Glad you're here.

I'm glad you're here. I say that a lot — because I grew up feeling like no one ever wanted me in the room.

Writing became the way I made sense of the world around me and within me. Now it's how I connect with people who feel a little out of place in the margins too.

"I write to give language to pain that the church often bypasses."

All of what I do exists at the intersection of faith, trauma, and humanity — rooted in the belief that God made us human on purpose. My work is for people who are asking hard questions, grieving what they used to believe, aching for a version of faith that doesn't demand they cut off parts of themselves to belong.

I'm neurodivergent. I'm parenting multiple neurodivergent children. I'm a survivor of spiritual abuse after over a decade in ministry. I've struggled with my mental health in frightening ways. None of that disqualifies me. All of it informs me.

I've walked through enough thrashing and healing to know that the path through isn't around your humanity — it's through it. That faith can be beautiful. That God is really kind. And that he created us human on purpose, not to overcome it, but to find His goodness in it.

I'm married to Zach — the guy from the Ugly Furniture Room at Bible College who had me at "So. What's your minor?" We have five kids: Jonah, Emery, Anna, Chloe, and Lydia..

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Wired for Welcome

Section 1 — Understanding

Section 2 — Environment

Section 3 — Language & Welcome

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Wired for Welcome

A comprehensive, trauma-informed guide for churches, pastors, ministry leaders, and volunteers who want to build spaces where neurodivergent people don't just show up — they actually belong.

  • Deep-dive sensory environment guidance — by budget
  • Scripts for hard conversations with families and staff
  • A 90-minute staff and volunteer workshop framework
  • A neurodivergent family intake form — ready to print
  • A 90-day implementation plan for your church
  • Written from lived experience — not just theory
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What People Are Saying

You're not alone in this.

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Kristen gave me language for something I'd been living for thirty years but couldn't name. I finally felt seen in my own faith.

Sarah M.

Neurodivergent believer, mother of three

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We used the church guide in a staff meeting and it completely changed how we think about welcome. This is the resource we didn't know we needed.

Pastor David R.

Lead Pastor, community church

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As a mom of an autistic child, I've been searching for someone who gets both the faith piece and the neurodivergency piece. Kristen is it.

Michelle T.

Parent and advocate