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40. Twenty Nineteen (Part 18)
Aug03August 3, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

40. Twenty Nineteen (Part 18)

November 4th, 2019… the day I would resign…

39. Twenty Nineteen (Part 17)
Jul30July 30, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Ministry, Spiritual

39. Twenty Nineteen (Part 17)

I went to church that morning with mixed emotions. I was so relieved, yet I was scared that someone would see through me and figure out that I was quitting. So I had to lay low. It was a strange feeling.

38.Broken                                (Twenty Nineteen Part 16)
Jul26July 26, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

38.Broken (Twenty Nineteen Part 16)

My first words…
I don’t want to do this
I don’t like being by myself
I don’t like quiet
I don’t like eating alone
I don’t want to cry
I don’t know where to start…

37. God is the Job (2019 Part 15)
Jul23July 23, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

37. God is the Job (2019 Part 15)

I picked up my head, and this answer came out of my mouth, a response I had never considered, an answer I didn’t expect…

36. Twenty Nineteen (Part 14)
Jul20July 21, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

36. Twenty Nineteen (Part 14)

October 2019… the point of no return. Let’s talk about the Fall Fest for a minute. This was something Tree Town Baptist had been doing…

35. Twenty Nineteen (Part 13)
Jul16July 16, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

35. Twenty Nineteen (Part 13)

I started to feel like God was using something I could see to bring my attention to things I couldn’t.

34. Twenty Nineteen (Part 12)
Jul13July 13, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

34. Twenty Nineteen (Part 12)

Call me cynical. I don’t care. After everything that had happened up until this point, I was struggling to believe him.

33. The Fourth Wall (Stand Alone)
Jul09July 9, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

33. The Fourth Wall (Stand Alone)

If you think I’m lying… you’re wrong… but no one is making you read it.

32. Hush Money (2019 Part 11)
Jul06July 6, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

32. Hush Money (2019 Part 11)

Did the church by-laws allow for this kind of thing? And if they did, why was it all so “top secret”?

31. Twenty Nineteen (Part 10)
Jul06July 6, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

31. Twenty Nineteen (Part 10)

And something inside me clicked. This was the new normal. This was the pace we would always be expected to work. It didn’t matter if I was “part-time.” Ministry was full-time.

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