Dear Megachurches and Any Church Who Aspires to Be Like Hillsong/ Bethel…

I’ve had a suffocating week, digging through old emails in service to writing my upcoming memoir. I’ve had a chance to observe some of the inner workings of a ministry that caused a lot of emotional damage to me and mine (which I have written about in my other Medium…

About seven months ago I moved to a lovely old two-story Cape Cod situated on two half-acre yards filled with white oaks. …

There are certain people with whom I become mildly obsessed. I’m not sure if it’s a neurodivergent thing, or maybe an attachment-disordered thing. The fact is that I notice certain faces and voices. It’s not every face or every voice, but when it’s one of those faces or voices, it…

From a writing prompt, the prompt was simply the word “instigate.” One year in high school, the school lowered the temperature in the building to some obnoxiously chilly level. Teachers were skulking around, muttering. Students were wearing their winter coats all day instead of leaving them in their lockers. …

This is an excerpt from my memoir, which is currently a work in progress. CW: abuse, neglect C.S. Lewis is famously (mis)quoted as saying, “I believe in Christ like I believe in the sun. Not because I can see it, but because by it, I can see everything else.” My…

Note: I originally only posted this snippet from an online course I’m writing about supporting multiplicity, for the sake of sharing my thoughts with a friend, but realized perhaps it needs to be a stand-alone post. The original post below has been edited and updated. The Roots of Inner Healing Inner healing prayer ministry as…

CW: spiritual and emotional abuse Conspirituality Episode 47 By now, unless you are new (in which case I’m not sure whether to say I’m sorry, or possibly sup, welcome to the shitshow), you’ve heard my story and the follow up post about my experience with “inner healing prayer ministry” administered by one Denise…

CW: spiritual abuse, emotional abuse NOTE: this post was originally written in April 2019 and was taken down as per the same reason that the first post was taken down (see note on link below). I am now re-posting. I originally wrote “My Experience with Inner Healing Prayer Ministry” in…