FALC
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Their Faith Won’t Let Them.
The strength of Faith and its solid hold it has on someone will stand in the way of reality. What I have come to know, as I dialogue with folks from within the church about victim stories of abuse;… Continue reading
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Toxic Doses of Religion
A young friend sent me the following link… http://www.salon.com/2014/11/01/the_sad_twisted_truth_about_conservative_christianitys_effect_on_the_mind_partner/ A great article on the effects of strict religions. What struck me was this… "A symptom like one of these clearly has a religious component, yet many people instinctively blame… Continue reading
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Accepting a new reality.
About Forgiveness….from Brene Brown's book "Rising Strong". "Rumbling with Forgiveness" "I've been engaged in a full professional rumble with the concept of forgiveness for ten years. It has been glaringly absent from my work and all of my books. Why? Because… Continue reading
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Say Your Name
More from Brene Brown…. "Rising Strong" "Man in the Arena" by Theodore Roosevelt "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs… Continue reading
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It is so.
On Evelyn's blog, http://travelingev.com/2015/10/repressed-memories-of-sexual-abuse/ I was told I was "Insulting". It came as a surprise; but not so much. I had to look up the word "Insult" to see if my intentions fit the definition. "Speak to or treat with… Continue reading
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Seem kinder….
Why do I feel invited and wanted; when a blog post talks about abuse within the families of the FALC? Why do I feel they want to hear what those of us who have been abused, have to say. Words… Continue reading
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Too Much to Lose.
What I should have known, but didn't, is that a person will only hear, if he has nothing to lose. It isn't the power of our words, nor the facts of reality; but literally how what we say impacts their… Continue reading
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From Whence I Came.
From "Big Magic" by Elizabeth Gilbert… "Motives" "Oh, and here's another thing: You are not required to save the world with your creativity." "Your art not only doesn't have to be original, in other words; it doesn't have to be… Continue reading
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The Child in Me.
Isn't it so telling, that there are two sides, when we speak about abuse within the families of a strict religion? From a church community whose lives portray high morals and values and yet, when it comes to 'breaking… Continue reading
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Bring a Child Peace
Each time the topic of sexual abuse arises within families of the FALC (first apostolic lutheran church), the first line of defense is "the church isn't to blame for the failings of individuals"… It is like they can't bear to have their church… Continue reading
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