What does it mean to trust the universe/Source/God, when that thing/person is the source of all your trauma, agony, betrayal, and continued unanswered desires/prayers, along with all the good of life? Supposedly, anyway. This is a question that has plagued me since...
Yesterday at the Emergency Room, after the doctor examined my ears and consulted his peers, he returned and asked me, “This might sound strange, but do you believe in God/spirituality and have you had any experiences recently?” I told him the truth, that I had seen...
The cross Jesus was crucified upon has become a sword in the hands of the militant Christian fundamentalists who perpetrate the violence he experienced, in an act of Godself-mutilation. Were Jesus’s dying words, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do”...
“Satan masquerades as an angel of light,” the Bible claims (2 Corinthians 11:14, NIV). Surely then, he must frequent in Christian robes. The idea that Satan, the literal or mythical personification of evil, presents as his opposite has caused no small amount of...
Religious groups aspire to be agents of psychological and spiritual healing. Yet frequently they stigmatize people who suffer from mental health conditions or problems as sinful, demonically influenced, and weak-willed. Depression, anxiety, psychosis, and addiction...
The gospel message believed in by many Christians that Jesus died to save you from your sins is based on a victim-persecutor-rescuer psychological complex, commonly known as a trauma (or drama) triangle. Those who buy into this version of the gospel inevitably play...
Blog: Inspiring Psychological and Spiritual Wholeness, Healing Religious Trauma
