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Spiritual Abuse: Grow More Discerning and Be Less Manipulable

Posted on January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 by Jess Connell

Last fall, I unexpectedly encountered someone I haven’t seen in decades. Mercifully, it was in a crowded setting where we did not have to interact, and I don’t think he ever saw me. I didn’t even recognize him at first. But when I was young and impressionable, that person-across-the-way deeply impacted my life through manipulative…

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USING THOSE MUSCLES AGAIN

Posted on January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 by Jess Connell

Two springs ago, we were in Georgia on a road trip, and our van needed attention. Doug and Mae went into town with the van, and I spent the day with 7 of our sons on the approach trail to the Appalachian Trail. We had hiked a steep two miles uphill to see Amicalola Falls…

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