Creative Commons Image by Nino Carè from Pixabay. By Evan Jones I remember staring at the young man in front of me as he chuckled while reviewing my college transcript and then quickly caught himself when he saw my face. This was a real transcript made up of four years worth of hard earned collegeContinueContinue reading “An ‘Unrivaled’ Education: Educational Neglect in Adverse Spiritual Environments”
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You Are Not Your Own: And Other Lies Evangelicalism Taught Me
Creative commons courtesy of Pixabay, Patrizia08. By Ryan Stollar “You best learn to live while you’re alive.” — Cloud Cult Healing from any trauma, but especially religious trauma, is like an onion: many-layered and often tear-inducing. Tear-inducing comes with the territory of trauma. But the many-layered aspect is the tricky and often surprising part. YouContinueContinue reading “You Are Not Your Own: And Other Lies Evangelicalism Taught Me”
Finding purpose in PTSD
Creative Commons image courtesy of Pixabay, geralt. By Megan Benninger I’ve experienced so much spiritual abuse in my lifetime! Seriously, I’m a spiritual abuse poster child. I was raised in a very controlling, legalistic church and Christian school. After being thoroughly primed to submit to and obey my authorities without question, I moved on toContinueContinue reading “Finding purpose in PTSD”
The Vashti Initiative 