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Healing from toxic church – seeking what is precious, and truly God

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The enemies of rest

  • Post published:October 12, 2019
  • Post category:From: Return to Your Rest
  • Post last modified:June 13, 2025

I’ve updated Return to Your Rest, and included a chapter about enemies of rest I have faced. May God give us courage to rise up in the face of all that fights against it - and to return to rest.

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Masters of misdirection

  • Post published:May 31, 2019
  • Post category:From: The Elijah Blessing
  • Post last modified:December 11, 2024

Masters of misdirection spend their lives using anyone, everyone, to get whatever they want. They do it so subtly, so skillfully, that the exploited ones usually do not know they’re being used.

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Spiritual schizophrenia and the two-headed snake

  • Post published:January 23, 2019
  • Post category:Healing from Toxic Church
  • Post last modified:October 24, 2024

"How long will you try to go both ways?" Elijah cried. Where people identified with God cling to deep double-mindedness, they empower a two-headed snake.

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Grace triumphs over power

  • Post published:October 3, 2018
  • Post category:From: The Esther Blessing
  • Post last modified:April 11, 2025

If you have suffered at the hands of the self-absorbed, the biblical book of Esther was written for you. Far from the fairy tale we've imagined, Esther's story shows us how to overcome the chaos and destruction wreaked by narcissists who care only for themselves.

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#SilenceIsNotSpiritual – except when it is

  • Post published:March 7, 2018
  • Post category:Healing from Toxic Church
  • Post last modified:March 16, 2024

I believe in breaking the silence of secrecy that abusers impose. I also believe that, for a survivor, silence is sometimes the most spiritual choice.

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