On this episode, we continue our dive into Valleybrook’s Wounded course. This week we’re specifically looking at a chapter on performance addiction and misery addiction, as defined by the course. Then, we go over some correspondence following the Crisis Intervention report to see how church leadership handled the fallout and death of Wounded.

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In episode 6, we take a very close look at the curriculum for the Wounded classes. We not only examine the curriculum itself, but also the differences in the curriculum from the years 2013/2014 (in 2014 Doug had a hand in modifying the materials).

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On Episode 5 of Chosen, we take a closer look at what “knitting” really is and the various ways it functioned at Valleybrook during this time period.

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In this fourth episode of Chosen, we review the language changes and additions to the Valleybrook Constitution in 2014 vs. 2016. Then Jodie shares the story of Matthew Mitchell’s rise and fall in the staff ranks at Valleybrook.

While listening to the episode, make note: there does exist in Christianity the concept of an identity in Christ-described generally as who you’re supposed to be on the inside as a spiritual being when you strip away personalities and interests. However, a “God-Created Identity” is essentially the opposite of that and focuses on those personalities and interests that would normally be stripped down from the conversation. In Matthew’s case, his “-God-Created Identity” was supposed to be things like “tech director” and “youth group leader volunteer” and “patient” and “generous” and “hardworking”…lots of things he had to DO or BE. According to Matthew, while it was taught at Valleybrook that your “God-Created Identity” came from God it was more often the case that Doug would be able to “see you” and “see” who you were supposed to be in your “God-Created Identity.”

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Our look into the 2015 spiritual abuse allegations of Valleybrook Church continues this week. On this episode, we rewind to the beginning of Valleybrook’s founding, and go over some of the church’s guiding documents.

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On this episode, we look at a personal testimony of spiritual abuse from a former Valleybrook Church member, submitted to the crisis intervention team ahead of the 2015 investigation.

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In this new series, we take a close look at the spiritual abuse occurring at Valleybrook church in the years leading up to the formal investigation in 2015. In this first episode, we review the results of that report from Converge, Valleybrook’s “parent” church, at the time this spiritual abuse occurred.

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On the last episode of this epilogue, Jodie puts the Children’s Foundation investigation in context alongside other embezzlement cases from the area, and we consider how to stop it from happening in the future.

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The Luginbilled Epilogue continues. On part two of this series, we finish picking apart Luginbilled Children’s Foundation investigation report, and go over its conclusions.

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Cool and Unusual Punishment returns to the microphones this week with a long-delayed follow up to Luginbilled. In this first episode, Jodie digs into the details of the ECPD’s embezzlement investigation into Joe Luginbill and the Luginbill Children’s Foundation.

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