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Fears, Phobias, and Fairytales
I have been away from the blog for quite a while. Moved one daughter home from college, and the other one into a new apartment, and then she graduated from her college. In the middle of it all, my mom...
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Over the Falls, by Hugo First
I feel like my daughter and I have just been drifting alone in a tiny boat for the last year, knowing the edge was getting closer, and we were going to go over, but I was completely unable to do...
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My Odyssey
So, I turned fifty in June. I had to walk away from the blog for a bit (except for the post on July 4th) because there were too many other things that required my attention, and while a blog post may...
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When Pigs Fly
About a month ago, in the quiet upstate town of New Hartford, New York, in a church once begun in earnest, two brothers were attacked by their parents and several other members of the congregation. One...
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The Healing House
It’s a difficult thing, this healing from misguided therapy. And lonely. There are no awards. You don’t get a coffee mug, or a T-shirt saying “I survived False Memory Syndrome.” Or, for that...
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Have We Lost Our Minds?
The weird and wacky comes not only from the East, but also from the West. The West Coast, to be specific. In Redding, California, there is a church called Bethel. And at this church called Bethel,...
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Refuting the FAQ’s
The more I look into this, the more odd and unhealthy the whole thing gets. According to the FAQ’s as posted on Bethel Sozo’s website, a Sozo session is “framed” with the Father Ladder (a method of...
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Syncretism: Where the Odd and Unholy Come Together
Here’s a new one for you: Grave-soaking, also known as grave-sucking. Closely related to the sport of mantle-grabbing, the idea is that the dearly departed leave behind whatever anointing they carried...
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A Collage of Many Colors
In order to tell the whole story, I have to go back to how I met my counselor in the first place. On July 8, 2000, I was invited to an event by a friend, who was, at the time, attending the church I...
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That was not the first time I was treated to my very own, personal deliverance session. A long time ago (I believe it was after I graduated from high school, but am not sure – it may have been during)...
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