What does needlepoint have to do with memoir? I can tell you. My memoir (personal story) called Undertow is a manuscript, not a published book … YET. Currently a few reviewers (author friends) are reading it. You might know it by its long name, Undertow: Seventeen Years in a Fundamentalist Cult. The other … [Read more…]
It just happened that yesterday A Trail of Sorrow was published here at this website and sent to subscribers. It addressed stories and features of destructive cults, like valuing an ideology over human life. Last evening’s horrific events in Paris are beyond belief. This post is dedicated to the people of France, to the victims, their families … [Read more…]
What do destructive cults actually do to members? Depends on which group. And it could vary from one “level” in the group to another. For instance, a person who only attends a fellowship once in a while and does not invest much in the group, well … that person might … [Read more…]
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…]