KEEP IT REAL So, I moved to Bend a little over a year ago, and my family and I are starting to feel more a part of the community. We have fallen in love with the great weather, the beauty, the people. There are some things, however, that I have noticed are a turn-off: 10) […]
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Letters 8/26-9/2
IN REPLY TO “MODERN-DAY DISCIPLES” Thanks, Source, for another great article! While reading this, all I could think of was the correlation with all religions—they are all man-made cults created to control people with fear and manipulation. Sad, really, that due to religion we have the most horrific things going on in the world. Perhaps […]
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Q&A: Therapist Kristi G. Erlich on Cults and Healing
In this week’s issue, we talked to a local cult survivor who recently spotted members of the Brethren (aka Jim Roberts Group), the cult to which she once belonged, in Bend. As part of that story, we also chatted with Portland-based therapist Kristi G. Erlich, LMFT, who was born into a cult and specializes in […]