Baptist Taliban Part 2

by Cindy Foster FAMILY AS NEIGHBORS At first we lived in duplexes right next door to each other.  Then, both families jointly purchased five acres, divided them equally and each built a house on their two and a half acres. As more children came, naturally there would be conflicts between theirs and ours which produced [...]

Millipede: Part 8

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by Millipede The next couple of years were what I would call the “golden years” of Patriarchy. By this I mean that we were living the Patriarchal dream, with the husband “leading” and providing and the wife keeping the home and being submissive. It was the apex of our journey; we were finally living the [...]

Submission and Prison Cells: Part 1

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by Melissa Permission To Live Almost five years ago, I was a devout conservative Christian. I had been married over two years, had a toddler Ms Action running around and a baby Ms Drama due in a few months. I loved my spouse beyond what I had ever thought love was when we first got [...]

Baptist Taliban Part 1 – Introduction

by Cindy Foster Editors note: Please welcome Baptist Taliban to our Spiritual Abuse Survivor Blogs Network! She will be writing a new series for us. REASONS In order to add some context to the articles I have written on this blog I want to designate a page to summarize our story from beginning to end. [...]

Who Was That Masked Man? Part 6

by Calulu When we last left the Smiths they had reconciled and were determined to make everyone be best friends forever again. Nothing doing. Things ratchet up a few new levels of tension. 9/11 happens. I’m sitting in front of the television having coffee and folding clothes when CNN shows the coverage of the first [...]