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Fear as a Manipulation Tactic in Cults (bE+)
When I was growing up, I didn’t really learn that much about the fear of the Lord, but that’s not true of some of my friends, especially those who grew up in cults. The fear of the Lord is often wielded as a weapon in high-control groups, but what the Bible describes as the fear of the Lord isn’t supposed to be used to harm or control...

Lindsey Medenwaldt
Apr 307 min read
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Biblical Leadership (bE+)
My first memory of a pastor being removed from his position was Jimmy Swaggart, a popular televangelist in the 80s...

Lindsey Medenwaldt
Mar 316 min read
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El desordenado proceso de la curación: detonantes y experiencias correctivas.
Creo que pensé que una vez que dejara mis situaciones de abuso espiritual, hablara de ellas, me tomara un descanso y volviera a una...

Adrianne Allen
Mar 47 min read
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El desordenado proceso de la curación: el tortuoso camino de reincorporación.
El proceso de volver a participar en una iglesia después de dejar una que ha sido espiritualmente abusiva, ha sido MUCHO más largo, lento...

Adrianne Allen
Mar 46 min read
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Bitterness: Releasing Resentment and Finding Peace (bE+)
I honestly thought I had moved past it all, but about a month ago, I was a couple of hours away from the place where it all went down...

Lindsey Medenwaldt
Mar 29 min read
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Healing’s Messy Middle: Triggers and Corrective Experiences
I think I believed that once I left my spiritually abusive situations, talked through them, took a break, and re-entered a solid church...

Adrianne Allen
Feb 197 min read
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Healing’s Messy Middle: The Winding Road of Re-Engagement
The process of re-engaging at a church after leaving a spiritually abusive one has been MUCH longer, slower, and more difficult...

Adrianne Allen
Jan 296 min read
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Undue influence: What it is, how to protect yourself from it, and how to recover if you’ve been targeted (bE+)
To be frank, undue influence is unbiblical. It is immoral and unethical. It strips a person of their value and autonomy...

Lindsey Medenwaldt
Jan 288 min read
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The Holiday Blues and Hope (bE+)
Tis the season when we are surrounded by messages of merriment and all things glittery... And yet, many of us lament.

Lindsey Medenwaldt
Dec 19, 20246 min read
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Healing’s Messy Middle: Taking Time
Many of us have internalized the message that we should simply not allow difficult things to affect us.

Adrianne Allen
Dec 19, 20247 min read
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Finding Hope in Sanctification (bE+)
It’s probably not a surprise to you that the words of God have been misused and abused since the beginning.

Lindsey Medenwaldt
Nov 27, 20245 min read
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Spiritual Abuse in a Small Town Church
If anyone should have been able to recognize and call out spiritual abuse, it was us. But, as obvious as it was, it came on so slowly and...

Adrianne Allen
Oct 22, 20248 min read
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Sunday Service on a Spiral.
I woke up early, ready to attend the church service. I was ready in good time, prepared breakfast, and we headed to the church. As we parked

Guest Author
Aug 21, 20244 min read
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First Hand Experience of Spiritual Abuse Tactics (bE+)
Shortly after I started working for a Christian Bible camp, I got called into the Executive Director’s office. I had always wanted to...

Michael Wright
Apr 30, 20245 min read
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How do I Support Someone Who is Hurting From Religious Abuse?
Whether we are aware of it or not, we all more than likely know someone who has or is experiencing religious harm on one level or...

Naomi Wright
Sep 10, 20229 min read
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Are you afraid to ask questions about your religious beliefs? Why you should and 5 steps to start.
Have you ever wanted to ask a question in your religious environment, but felt you couldn’t because you knew something would be at stake...

Naomi Wright
Jan 17, 20225 min read
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Sometimes the grief doesn't surface until after the jolly has quieted.
Christmas is over. Maybe you’re thinking, “I made it. I survived another holiday season fairly well intact.” You met every expectation of...

Naomi Wright
Dec 26, 20214 min read
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Ready, set, HEAL! Your healing process is not a race, nor a competition.
In our fast-paced, fit-it-all-in, sleep-when-we-die American culture, there never seems to be enough time to do anything thoroughly. We...

Naomi Wright
Dec 11, 20214 min read
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Maybe a song can change your life, but a song can for sure inspire you to change your life
“What song has changed your life?” I heard this question asked of someone yesterday and hours later, found myself thinking about my own...

Naomi Wright
Nov 17, 20215 min read
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The life-changing moment that altered the future of generations and landed them in a religious cult
He loved to sing. He had a rare singing voice that could have opened many musical doors had he chosen to knock on them. Tears would fill...

Naomi Wright
Jul 19, 20215 min read
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