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Spiritual Abuse and Our Brain
When we are operating out of our fear/shame/survival brain, we are operating out of the most primitive part of our brain. It’s the part of our brain that senses danger and is designed to keep us safe and alive. It … Continue reading
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Spiritual Abuse & Deconstruction
January is spiritual abuse awareness. This is a term that gets quite a bit of pushback. The word abuse causes many to bristle with defensiveness and say… “that is too strong a word. This is not abuse…” By definition, abuse … Continue reading
Do No Harm
My head has been spinning over the last few months with so many issues of the church mishandling abuse. It is so widespread. In churches, in seminaries, in publishing, in teaching. Why is this topic so important to me? Why … Continue reading
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Tagged #abuse, #christian leadership, #do no harm, #domestic violence, #integrity, #power, #spiritual abuse
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Hidden Destroyers
It all happened so fast, relatively unexpected and it seemed to go so smoothly until it didn’t. The first night in our “new house” my husband couldn’t sleep. It had been an extremely stressful day with some unexpected twists and … Continue reading
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Lavish Love
The uproar of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead proved to be the last straw. Those wanting to kill Jesus rallied with fierce determination. The religious leaders were in Jerusalem a few miles away plotting his downfall. Jesus was reclining … Continue reading
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Prayer…what’s the point?
WHAT IF in all of our carefully thought out lists of requests and our own ideas of prayer, we are completely missing the point? What if we are completely missing God when we pray? Many times when we pray, we … Continue reading
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Rising from the Ruins 