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I am not a one-man island
When I started this blog this past week, one of the things that I promised myself was that I would be brave, courageous, bold, and honest. I would speak out for those who are still trapped under...
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Defending the faith like a sociopath
I start laughing when I see, hear, or watch a Christian defiantly and adamantly announce that they have to defend their God. It cracks me up because I feel like they don’t quite realize just how...
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Trigger Fingers
Triggers are hard to face, they are hard to write about, they are hard to define unless you know exactly what the reaction you are having was triggered by. What those triggers are for me are even...
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Spiritual Abuse Awareness Week: Day 1
[Source: Dani Kelley] This week is going to be a rich, difficult, and telling week on the blogosphere. I will most likely not be joining in on the snychroblogs, but I will be posting each day, the...
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In which I tackle tough problems…
“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.” ― Maya Angelou Anger. I feel like all of me is consumed with a frustrating emotion of helplessness and...
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Using the Bible as a weapon
I used to get very upset if I forgot to take my Bible with me to church when I was younger. Having grown up in home churches, it was frowned upon if anyone forgot their Bible, especially when it came...
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The Toxicity of Required Friendships
Quiet. Silence. I’ve been slowly pulling back from a lot of people, blogging, and social media interaction over the past month. It hasn’t been difficult, nor has it seemed like my presence has been...
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The storm starts brewing – Relationships, Part 6
here are the links to the other parts of our story. Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight For those who have been following Phil’s and my story, this is...
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The five-year relationship plan – Relationships, Part 7
here are the links to the other parts of our story. Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight I have to keep moving with these posts or else I will lose...
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To see it from their eyes – Relationships, Part 11
For the past two weeks, and more, I have been working through Phil’s and my story. I’ve gotten very interesting feedback. A lot of positive feedback and that seriously has meant a lot. I have felt more...
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“Will I be pretty?”– Tales of Modesty
This post is one of many in a synchroblog that is happening right now on the topic of modesty. Please go to Danielle’s blog, from two to one, to read more, and find all of the posts! note: please...
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In which I find a new hobby: live tweeting sermons
We visited a new church on Sunday. It was mainly for the purpose of seeing family and catching up with old/new friends. It was certainly an interesting experience, and actually, believe it or not, I...
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Sin Obsession – a Christian trend
I wrote once about a trend I saw in our old church. I wrote about something I called “Cross Obsession.” I mentioned how I rarely heard any of the Christians around me talk about the resurrection, it...
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I Have a Voice – Longing for Freedom
I decided that I didn’t just want to survive anymore… I wanted to live. I grew up in a church of users and abusers. This remained unknown to many, even me. My family bought into it while still adding...
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I Have a Voice – Who I am
I have never had a sense of identity. As a child I just floated along on the fringe of everything desperately wanting to be a part of something. I wanted to belong. To fit in, be known, accepted and...
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Honoring my process and my 100th post
It’s been over two years since I purposefully started separating myself from a book that had become an enemy. A book that was being used against me and became twisted in such a way it was no longer a...
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Honoring my process, Part Two
I have been blown away by the amazing response by all of you to my last post. Seriously, guys, I am so grateful for all of the comments and all of you really listening to me instead of picking up your...
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I Have a Voice – When do you follow your gut?
There are some questions that have dogged me over the years of my life as a Christian: When do you follow your gut? When do you follow your own internal sense of right and wrong? How do you separate...
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When did Christian Culture become a culture of fake love?
I am completely caught off guard when a post of mine gets shared over 10 times, but when it’s quite a lot more than that, I just don’t know what to say. I didn’t expect my response to the marriage post...
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Confident Brainwashed People
Just over a week ago I had the opportunity, for the first time in my life, to visit Seattle, Washington. I had never been up further than Eureka, CA, so it was quite an experience. I found myself...
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