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		<title>Shunned</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Have you ever been shunned?
In my earlier posts, I related some of the spiritual abuse my family and I received in YWAM and I would like to use some other incidents in YWAM on the subject of shunning. (If you have not read my previous posts, I suggest you read them here and here to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chasingtruth.wordpress.com&blog=2154195&post=78&subd=chasingtruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m back</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I apologize for my long hiatus from blogging. I&#8217;m beginning to feel the weight of truth-telling and at times it can be overwhelming. At times I considered closing up the blog altogether, but I cannot with a clear conscience do so after the many thousands, yes thousands of individuals who have reached out for help [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chasingtruth.wordpress.com&blog=2154195&post=77&subd=chasingtruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have you had a brush with YWAM?</title>
		<link>http://chasingtruth.wordpress.com/2008/12/25/have-you-had-a-brush-with-ywam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel that it is time for me to ask for input from others who have been abused in YWAM and survived. There are so many people coming to my blog because they are walking wounded from their time with YWAM.
If you have come out the other side from YWAM mistreatment, would you be brave [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chasingtruth.wordpress.com&blog=2154195&post=49&subd=chasingtruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where to go from here? Life after YWAM</title>
		<link>http://chasingtruth.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/where-to-go-from-here-life-after-ywam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are leaving YWAM because of a painful experience and seeking a place of refuge on the ‘outside’, or leaving to join the world again, it is a painful transition.
Many of my friends who have left YWAM over the years found the journey back into regular society harder than expected, fraught with false starts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chasingtruth.wordpress.com&blog=2154195&post=25&subd=chasingtruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My experience with YWAM (pt 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s taken me a long time to bring myself to write about my latest experience with YWAM. As I mentioned in earlier posts, I was basically raised in YWAM, as I had been involved with YWAM since from the age of eleven.
I also was raised in a very spiritually abusive church, where the pastor was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chasingtruth.wordpress.com&blog=2154195&post=21&subd=chasingtruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life after suicide</title>
		<link>http://chasingtruth.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/life-after-suicide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suicide. The word is full of shame and mystery. Unfortunately, suicide will touch nearly everyone in one way or another, whether it be a family member, a friend, or even an acquaintance. Suicide is a sad fact in this life.
How does one recover from the suicide of a loved one? That has been my main [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chasingtruth.wordpress.com&blog=2154195&post=18&subd=chasingtruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My experience with YWAM (Pt. 1)</title>
		<link>http://chasingtruth.wordpress.com/2007/12/25/my-experience-with-ywam-pt-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My earliest memories of YWAM were from the age of six. Our church hosted a special presentation, a drama, called Toymaker and Son. I was in awe of the dancing and drama and the beautiful costumes and make-up. I have always been drawn to the &#8220;artsy&#8221; side of life. I spoke with one of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chasingtruth.wordpress.com&blog=2154195&post=16&subd=chasingtruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is YWAM a Cult?</title>
		<link>http://chasingtruth.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/is-ywam-a-cult/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My heart goes out to the families of those in Denver, both at New Life and YWAM Arvada. The shooter, Matthew Murray, was definitely mentally ill, however, it seems his treatment at YWAM exacerbated his illness.
There is a very large network of former YWAMers all over the globe who have received horrible spiritual and emotional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chasingtruth.wordpress.com&blog=2154195&post=8&subd=chasingtruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving</title>
		<link>http://chasingtruth.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/thanksgiving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I will give thanks to You
 because You have answered me
 and have become my salvation.&#8221;
Psalm 118:21 (Holman CSB)
I read the book of Psalm on a very regular basis; it is my mainstay in life. The Lord has done so much for my family that it amazes me every time I think of from where [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chasingtruth.wordpress.com&blog=2154195&post=7&subd=chasingtruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual Abuse Pt. 1</title>
		<link>http://chasingtruth.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/spiritual-abuse-pt-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No church is perfect, I know. No person is perfect, that&#8217;s for sure and I am the first to admit my own imperfections.
It has taken me many years to get to this point in my life to realize that I was not to blame for the wrongs done to me at the hands of my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chasingtruth.wordpress.com&blog=2154195&post=5&subd=chasingtruth&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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