Behind the praise for caregivers in church spaces is a deeper failure to actually support them. Sunita Theiss, a neurodivergent writer and workshop leader, is on Christianity Without Compromise with host Jake Doberenz to to expose how the church often celebrates caregiving in theory while neglecting caregivers in practice. She discuss the unseen burdens caregivers carry and how Christian faith has often equated holiness with endless output. Drawing from her own experience with chronic illness and parenting neurodivergent children, Sunita challenges the way churches praise caregivers without offering real help. They unpack the idol of productivity, how churches can stop overburdening caregivers, and why a theology of limits is essential for true spiritual growth.

Important Links:

• Sunita Theiss’s Website
• Sunita on Instagram
• The 80/80 Marriage: A New Model for a Happier, Stronger Relationship by Dr. Nate Klemp and Kaley Klemp
• Biblical Truths for Neurodivergent Kids – Free Resource
• PDA and the Church – Workshop Replay

Recommended Episodes:

• Episode 40 with Michael Clemens on Church Attendance
• Episode 45 with Kate Boyd on Exclusion in Church Structures
• Episode 23 with Luke Dockery on Intergenerational Church

Guest Bio:

Sunita Theiss is a writer, workshop facilitator, and neurodivergent parent advocate working at the intersection of parenting, neurodiversity, and Christian faith. After leaving a 15-year marketing career to care for her children, she discovered that both she and her kids are neurodivergent. She now helps create trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming spaces in churches, schools, and homes.

Follow this show and Jake Doberenz’s writings at jakedoberenz.substack.com.