Author Archives: Peter John Louie
The Weaponization of Conscience in Spiritual Abuse
In spiritual abuse, oppressors inappropriately bind the conscience of others to their own advantage to control them. Learn how a properly calibrated conscience resists spiritual abuse and leads us to true freedom. Who is the Lord of your conscience? How can we be courageous when facing powerful oppressors who can harm and hurt us?
The Weaponization of Peacemaking in Spiritual Abuse
Counterfeits. We need to be able to detect them in order to not be defrauded and victimized. Take counterfeit money for example. It imitates the real thing, but is not real. If you are fooled, you’ll suffer harm. The $100 dollar bill you just handed me to pay for my $10 widget better not be… Read More »
Towards a Right Use of Power
Alasdair Groves – Trauma Will Not Have the Last Word (#CCEF2023 Main Session 7)
Ed Welch – The Church as a Place of Healing (#CCEF2023 Main Session 6)
Ed Welch did a session asking us to consider ways we can be growing as a church in light of what we have been learning this weekend. He asked us to consider how our church can be a place of healing? (How has our church already been a place of healing in the past?) Ed… Read More »
Julie Lowe – Growing in Hope (#CCEF2023 Main Session 5)
Mike Emlet – Trauma and the Body (#CCEF2023 Main Session 4)
Mike Emlet’s General Session was about trauma’s effect on the body. “Trauma is one of those places where suffering deeply impacts the body.” Dr. Emlet recounted how in his earlier days he butchered a ministry opportunity with a vet, by not being attentive to his bodily suffering. “In helping traumatized individuals, we don’t want to… Read More »
Darby Strickland – Vigilance and the Invitation to Vulnerability (#CCEF2023 Main Session 3)
Darby Strickland’s main session included an invitation to vulnerability. Scripture calls us to lean into God and fellow believers in seasons of deep anguish. It is not good for us to be alone. But vulnerability requires opening up oneself to another and that can be scary. For those who have been traumatized, there may be… Read More »
Julie Lowe and Darby Strickland – The Experience of Trauma (#CCEF2023 Main Session 2)
For the second session, Julie Lowe and Darby Strickland powerfully drew us into the experience and deep impact of trauma through a role play interwoven with scripture from Jeremiah and Lamentations. The story they used was 15-year-old Kayla, who was groomed and victimized by her soccer coach, Mr. Smith, who was a member of her… Read More »