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72. Another One Bites the Dust
Jan22January 22, 2023Abusive Authority, Church, Church Hurt, Deconstruction, Lost Friendship, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

72. Another One Bites the Dust

This has been an interesting week. On my way home from church last Sunday, I got a text telling me that the latest Children’s Minister…

71. Passion
Jan15January 16, 2023Abusive Authority, Church, Church Hurt, Friends, Lost Friendship, Ministry, Spiritual

71. Passion

My daughter had the opportunity to attend Passion a few weeks ago. Passion is a 2-night worship experience for young adults 18-25 years old, hosted…

67. O Christmas Tree (Town)
Dec17December 17, 2022Church, Church Hurt, Deconstruction, Friends, Lost Friendship, Ministry, Spiritual

67. O Christmas Tree (Town)

Some of those events at Tree Town became more complicated because of my own doing. I always wanted to improve. I always wanted to do things better than the time before… people responded to those ideas. They enjoyed the productions, the parties, the services, the parades… I more than helped feed that frenzy.

64. Change
Nov26November 26, 2022Church Hurt, Lost Friendship, Ministry

64. Change

This week for me has been good but busy. First, we celebrated Thanksgiving not once but two times. Then, we started decorating our house for…

62. Perspective
Nov19November 19, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Lost Friendship, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

62. Perspective

However, I would find out later that my parents would have liked nothing more than to punch him in the face that day. In fact, still to this day, when my mom does her grocery shopping in Tree Town, she looks for him. She would love to give him a piece of her mind.

59. Four Minus One Equals Three (Part 2)
Oct29November 5, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Friends, Lost Friendship, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

59. Four Minus One Equals Three (Part 2)

I woke up the morning of October 8, 2020, to a text from Friend #2 that said… No, Whitney that wasn’t the drop of the…

58. Four Minus One Equals Three
Oct22October 22, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Friends, Lost Friendship, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

58. Four Minus One Equals Three

This past summer, I had a moment. You see, I waited over two years, hoping things would resolve with the people of Tree Town. I…

57. The Aftermath (Part 2)
Oct15October 15, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Friends, Lost Friendship, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

57. The Aftermath (Part 2)

We joked about being the Golden Girls and the group of women on Steel Magnolias. We would go out to eat, and we would come back home. We would sit in the car for another 2 hours just talking.  

56. The Aftermath (Part 1)
Oct09October 9, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

56. The Aftermath (Part 1)

It didn’t take long after that last text message to the pastor for things to change. Where things had been quiet the months before, the…

55. Open Season (20/20 Part 8)
Oct01October 2, 2022Abusive Authority, Church Hurt, Ministry, Spiritual, Spiritual Abuse

55. Open Season (20/20 Part 8)

Instead of a conversation with friends that night, what I walked into was a “courtroom .”I was left to plead my case and prove my innocence.

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