tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216067962317835098.post226432334586295043..comments2023-09-10T03:32:56.323-07:00Comments on Chris Wienand: Activating God...really?just thinkinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11843597344312436968noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216067962317835098.post-9997923044598435262019-08-09T16:26:07.369-07:002019-08-09T16:26:07.369-07:00Chris, I have to hold you accountable. As a young,...Chris, I have to hold you accountable. As a young, young broken girl trying to find my way in your church...hearing you preach how we were a pilgrim people... a tent people...pushing the seats aside in the Glenwood Hall... and then handing the church over to Rory Dyer, the real estate man, only to build it into a corporate... (Rory's influence is directly responsible for the suicide of a dear member of the church who was judged for being gay)... to hear you, our mentor, tell us youth that we meant something to God - and then that you wouldnt let your own daughters to eat rubbish and roll down the aisle to marry a guy who was in to fat chicks... thanks for the eating disorder... I can't tell you the pain that followed when the whole church laughed, and I pulled my loose sweater a little further away from body. ..to be pointed as 'single' and in need of prayer for my marital status at 16... and to hear from your leadership that I was not woman enough... I'm grateful for you all helping me to realise that I'm a lesbian. To those under your leadership - whom you appointed- who told me there was no way back to God - thank you for showing me what bigotry is. You introduced me to church and brought me to God. But, I was young - too young to understand that God's subject could be so flawed, too. Under your leadership, the rot started. You appointed the 'next one' and conveniently escaped. There are many of us survivors out there in the world - former leaders, lovers of God,active members in your church who now consider ourselves to be survivors of abuse. We are in need of care. My personal favourite? As an abuse survivor and ptsd sufferer, during a prayer time one day, I found myself flashing back to my trauma (which had involved my neck being broken). While we prayed, I held my hands around my neck, tears running down my face. The next thing I knew, one of your elders was literally on top of me, trying to cast demons out of me. The question is: Were the demons on the inside or out? May someone one day own up to the damage that has been done. You set your leaders loose; you fed us a story, and we followed you, as we tried to find our own way in God ourselves. We were abused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216067962317835098.post-13409000037840278462016-09-12T14:20:59.178-07:002016-09-12T14:20:59.178-07:00I'm glad you're writing again Chris - alwa...I'm glad you're writing again Chris - always enjoy your perspective. Thanks. Drewde la Hunt-James Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257607883742158986noreply@blogger.com