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Drew Marshall Show Interview
* * * I had been asked to post the link to the interview I did a couple Saturdays ago, on Canada’s #1 Christian talk show, The Drew Marshall Show. Click on the SoundCloud clip (orange play …...
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Motherhood and Failure
* * * I read a really good article this morning and it is timely for Mother’s Day tomorrow. Are Women Really Saved through Childbearing? During the anguished time when a woman from my church...
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Being Married to a Pedophile: A Wife Speaks Out and Offers Hope to Other...
* * * Letter from the wife of a pedophile explaining why she stayed and how she finally got out. Encouragement for other wives of child molesters. * * * Surely God … Continue reading →
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What Do Victims of Natural Disasters Need? A Survivor Shares
* * * Jesus wept. John 11:35 Yesterday, I got ten times mores hits on my blog than usual – all because of someone’s tweet – – someone who should know better – but … Continue reading →
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Adult Children Shunned by Homeschool Parents: Selah’s Story
* * * We recently discussed the challenges that some former homeschool students face when they leave their home. This story is quite different from the last story, but it, too, deals with...
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Spiritual Sounding Board: Sound Off
* * * He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. Psalm 18:33 * * * * * * … Continue reading →
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Why Does Calvin’s God Feel Abusive to Me? I Didn’t Choose This!
* * * The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. Psalm 103:6 I have never, ever connected so deeply with someone else’s spiritual experience as I have recently with...
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Financial Ramifications of Abuse: What’s a Church to Do?
* * * Survivors of abuse have to climb many mountains. The first mountain is acknowledging the fact that they are being abused. Then they have to decide what to do. They are left emotionally...
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Restoring What the Locust Has Eaten: Two Years of Blogging Milestone Today...
** Two years of blogging, two years of growth, hope for those hurt by church abuse ** ** In Joel, God talks about restoring what the locusts had eaten. Today marks exactly two years since I began...
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Ex-Wife of Pedophile Shares Update about Court Sentencing and Her New Reality
*** Ex-wife of pedophile shares how she and her family are dealing with their new reality after his conviction and sentencing. *** One of our own, Brenda, had a difficult week last week. You may...
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Some Pastors Think They Get to Control the Details of Your Lives, Even the...
*** Pastors who use their assumed position of authority to control personal lives. *** for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Hebrews 13:17 *** This is...
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The Lingering Pain of Spiritual Abuse
*** 2…Thus says the Lord God: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the...
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Mark Dever’s New Book and Pastors Who Use Language to Control Their Members...
Mark Dever, 9Marks, and other pastors using language to control and coerce members to not engage in outside activities without church endorsement Mark Dever’s parachurch organization, 9Marks, is...
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My Personal Mental Health Story: When Christians Say Potentially Harmful...
*** Mental Health, prayer, Bible, professional counseling, harmful advice *** A friend found this quote and was very disturbed by it. When I saw it, I was equally disturbed…no, make that horrified,...
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Do you feel guilty because of pressure and high expectations from church...
*** High-pressure church leaders, mandatory church attendance and guilt *** “Longtime Lurker” broke her silence a while back and shared her personal high-controlling church experience. I copied her...
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There is a Pedophile in My Family: The Tools I Gave My Children to Protect...
*** Tools to Help Protect Children from Pedophiles and Sex Abuse *** After reading, A Betrayal at Home, an article on incest and child sex abuse, I became angry – angry about trusted individuals who...
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Piper’s New Glasses and Seeing Clearly after Wearing Distorted Lenses of...
*** Seeing Clearly Again after Spiritual Abuse *** Have you seen this video which has been spreading around? It is the cutest thing ever and shows a precious baby, Piper, who does not want her mama to...
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What Can Happen to Sex Abuse Survivors When They Are Not Believed or Supported?
Sex abuse survivors need to be believed and supported What happens when sex abuse survivors spend years trying to tell others of their abuse and it is met with deaf ears? What happens when family and...
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MIA
*** *** Sorry I’ve been MIA. It seems I get to publicly thank CON once again. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have the skills that I have now to help my childhood community, Anderson Springs, which...
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Spiritual Abuse: What Was the Last Straw That Caused You to Leave Your...
Spiritual Abuse – What finally made you realize you had to leave your church? *** *** I had already told my husband that I had to leave BGBC, with or without him, but I was hoping that he would come …...
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