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When I was a senior in high school, my grandfather died. Some well-meaning friends told me that, with time, I wouldn’t be so sad about it. In college, when my first boyfriend broke up with me, I felt like my heart really was breaking because of the grief, but my well-meaning friends told me that, with time, I’d be whole again. Several years ago, I experienced some difficult situations at a church, and again, well-meaning friends told me that, with time, I’d feel better about

"Sometimes the people who help us most are the ones who have already learned how to survive where we’re just beginning."

I’ve been studying cults and high control religious groups for a long time, and I’m always struck by a couple of things when it comes to survivors: 1) They are typically the most courageous people; and 2) They are free and may not know what to do with that newfound freedom.

Nos encanta explorar juntos el mundo de nuestro Padre. No hay nada como nuestros momentos de papá e hija escalando cascadas, explorando senderos misteriosos y enfrentando desafíos inesperados donde necesitamos el uno del otro para superarlos. Nos encanta estar unidos en amor y propósito, porque estas experiencias nos acercan y forman la base de los hermosos recuerdos que estamos creando. En nuestras aventuras, Dios a menudo nos recuerda la importancia de las relaciones saluda

“Porque nadie hace más daño en la Iglesia que aquel que, teniendo el título o rango de santidad, actúa mal.”¹ La tormenta mediática golpeó nuestra comunidad de Georgia como un tornado EF5 en la oscuridad de la noche. Así como los tornados de esa magnitud dejan a su paso una estela de miedo, negación, destrucción y daños colaterales incalculables, las noticias sobre nuestra universidad cristiana local revelaron una tempestad de distinta magnitud, pero no menos horrendamente de

“Humility is not an ornament to be worn; it is an ideal that will transform.” John Dickson in Humilitas

Most people have heard of the Fundamentalist Latter-day Saints (FLDS), an offshoot of the mainstream LDS Church that practices polygamy and was led by Warren Jeffs.[2] Fewer are familiar with the Samuelites, a more recent splinter group founded in 2019 by Samuel Bateman and featured in the Netflix docuseries Trust Me: The False Prophet.[3]