Category Archives: Power

  1. It’s Not a Crisis if It’s Always

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    July 28, 2019 by lucieromarin

    I heard a comment recently about the Church being in crisis. I realised that I have been hearing such references …
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    Category: Church, Hope, Power, Priests | Tags: , , , , ,

  2. Ten Things that Aren’t Love

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    June 2, 2019 by lucieromarin

    Trauma-bonding Mutual convenience Mutual addiction Transference Countertransference Grooming behaviour (or ‘training’, if you like that word better) Groomed behaviour (or …
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    Category: Married People, Power, Spiritual Abuse | Tags: , , , ,

  3. Pell. What it Takes.

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    March 2, 2019 by lucieromarin

    Pell was among the first leaders in Australia to introduce child-protection measures and systems for investigating abuse claims into his …
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    Category: Bullying, Celebrity, Church, Power, Priests | Tags: , , , ,

  4. Is Happiness the Best Revenge?

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    February 13, 2019 by lucieromarin

    You’ve probably heard it said that happiness is the best revenge – meaning that, if someone undoes your life, the …
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    Category: Healing, Hope, Power, Roadkill | Tags: , , , , ,

  5. Lesson Learned from Facebook

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    January 20, 2019 by lucieromarin

    The funniest thing about signing up for Facebook – which momentous thing I did one year ago, and how time …
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    Category: Obedience, Power, Priests, Roadkill, Slightly Frivolous, Spiritual Abuse | Tags: , , ,

  6. The Problem with (Blaming) Patriarchy

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    January 12, 2019 by lucieromarin

    Don’t. Panic. This post isn’t going to end with a surrendered-wife assurance that all inherited social systems are actually okay. …
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  7. Obedience vs Co-operation

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    November 17, 2018 by lucieromarin

    The question here is not whether obedience to God is good or bad. The question here is what to do, …
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    Category: Anger, Bees, Bullying, Church, Healing, Obedience, Power, Prayer, Roadkill, Slightly Pious | Tags: , , ,

  8. What Do We Change if We Stay?

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    October 7, 2018 by lucieromarin

    Articles abound urging people who are leaving the Church to remain, so that they can, by remaining, save the Church …
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    Category: Bullying, Church, Power, Priests, Roadkill | Tags: , , ,

  9. Questions to Ask When Choosing a Subculture (or When Getting Chosen by One).

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    September 29, 2018 by lucieromarin

    Some of these come, not from my experience, but from the experiences of friends of other conservative subcultures (coughpersonalprelaturecough). The …
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    Category: Bullying, Church, Power, Roadkill, Spiritual Abuse | Tags: , , , , ,

  10. Can We Stop Talking Judas and Start Talking Peter?

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    September 2, 2018 by lucieromarin

    It is the custom among conservative Catholics, whenever a scandal surrounds a bishop’s failure, to refer to Judas, and to …
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    Category: Church, Power, Priests, Saints | Tags: , , ,

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