About 35,000 former followers of The Way International, the fundamentalist cult to which I committed myself for 17 years (1970 – 1987), are spread over the world. This post is dedicated to them. I am reminding them of The Way’s downsides and asking them to come up with ideas on how … [Read more…]
How do you spell heaven? For me, it is R-a-v-e-l-l-o, a sun-splashed hill town along the Amalfi Coast. Hoyt and I spent a few days there in 2003. This post was going to be Italy, Part II (with Sienna, Florence, and Pompeii) but HELP, I’m stuck in Ravello, and I can’t get out! … [Read more…]
Breaking news. This report takes priority over my Italy Part II post. Read further to understand why. Happy anniversary to The Way International after 73 years of promoting itself as a biblical research, teaching, and fellowship ministry. Wow. Your leaders, some well-meaning, must be thrilled to continue Victor Paul Wierwille’s … [Read more…]
Really—Italy 2003? Twelve years ago? As my husband asks, “If time flies, where does it go?” He’s a philosopher. He has great ideas. I love this one: he suggested I write a post about nothing, you know, Seinfeld-style. We love Jerry Seinfeld. So this post, at least this one line, is for Hoyt. Nothing, … [Read more…]
Hi readers, You may know I was swept into a cult for a time. Yeah, a really long time. Seventeen years. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen. I was recruited when I was a teenager. I was ignorant. I was … [Read more…]