New Release
Chronicles of
— LaToya Ball —
Battered Belief
The church was supposed to save her.
Instead, it nearly killed her.
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New Release
The church was supposed to save her.
Instead, it nearly killed her.
The Story
"How do you rebuild belief after it's been battered?"
She Tried to Be EnoughDr. Keisha Clark—therapist, daughter, believer—spent years trying to be enough. Enough faith. Enough service. Enough silence about the pain.
When she finally broke, the people who taught her about grace had little to none to give.
Pills. Grand Marnier. A car suspended over a ravine.
This is where her story could have ended. But Keisha survived. And survival demanded answers.
Chronicles of Battered Belief is the story of what happens after the performance ends. After the mask breaks. After you realize the people preaching grace don't always know how to give it.
This book is a journey through church hurt, mental health, toxic faith, and the messy, non-linear path to wholeness.
How do you heal from wounds inflicted in God's house?
How do you separate religion from relationship?
How do you love the people, yet reject the pain they inflicted?
How do you rebuild belief after it's been battered?
For anyone still healing from wounds inflicted in holy spaces. And for anyone brave enough to believe that losing your religion is the only way to find your faith.
Meet the Author
LaToya Ball draws on the intersection of faith, trauma, and the complicated terrain of healing. Her work speaks to those who've loved the church while being broken by it — those who've sat in pews, smiled through sermons, and quietly wondered what God saw happening to and around them.
Chronicles of Battered Belief is not one person's memoir. It is a mosaic: experiences pulled from many places and people, some real, some fictitious, all true in the ways that matter most.
LaToya brings precision, vulnerability, and hard-won clarity to the page — holding space for the questions most of us are afraid to ask aloud.
"Surviving is not the end of the story. It is only the beginning of the real one."Join the Community
Reader Gifts
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Gift One
A guided reflection journal to carry you through the journey — prompts written to help you excavate, process, and begin rebuilding your own battered beliefs.
Gift Two
The music that carried her through — a curated soundtrack for healing. Songs that hold you when words fall short and silence feels too loud. Listen on Spotify.
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