I Love Bagpipes

Does anyone know (with accuracy) how much money TWI has paid out for lawsuits? Is this information available to the public? If so, where can someone go to view the info? Thanks for the road map!

I'm new to posting at GSC...actually to posting at all!! I recently exited TWI after 28 years and, of course, I've wondered about lots of folks the last 12 years or so. I was not in th 11th Corps but at one time was good friends with Mark Luden. If I recall correctly he married someone named "Nancy" from the Family Corps. Has anyone had contact with Mark or know of his whereabouts? Thanks! Merry CHRISTMAS!!!

You've probably heard these: dis = to say something bad about someone (thing) "Quit dissin' me!" poser = worse than a hypocrite "You're a real poser."

This thread sure seems fun!! I've not read the whole thing, but enjoyed what I read. The most recent "concert" I attended was Living Rhythms Drumming Choir, a local African drumming group of about 20 folks. AWESOME!!! No strings, but you'd think some were playing in the background. Recently saw PBS Saturday night music....Ringo Starr & the Roundheads. I had a blast bopping around the den. They were having such fun on that stage. I like lots of the groups I see on late night PBS Saturday. An artist I've enjoyed the last few years is Natalie McMaster....a fiddler from Canadian. Hmm......I dream at times of playing a fiddle in the hills...maybe someday..........

Yes, there was a final straw......but not from TWI. I had already left in my heart. I continued to stay for my family. Yet...it was someone in my family....something said....not about TWI...but about lonliness. I realized my state of emptiness was having a deep effect on those I love the most, my kids. That was the straw..I stayed in for them and I've left for them. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers. Wordwolf, I don't know what a sticky is. I added to my profile, but don't know it it will show up or not. Merry Christmas (I've been saying that "C" word a lot lately....just to help the detox.)

"I'll Be Home for Christmas"?

Dare I post? I've never done this before...here or anywhere in cyberspace (other than email). I recently left TWI after 28 years. Deep discontent is an apt description but perhaps not intense enough. I journaled many times the past years (especially the past 16 months) about the deep , barren, empty hole in my soul...a longing for honest, sweet, tender, GENUINE fellowship.....something I personally experienced my first 15 years in TWI. (I realize some of you did not have that experience.) I'm on my 3rd reading of ...Spiritual Abuse. For me, it has been one of the best books I've read that cuts through to the very heart of legalism. That legalism kills joy and the result is a barren soul and/or a tortured soul. Barren from neglect (a very subtle type of abuse because there are no obvious scars), or tortured from outright abuse of power. Since I recently left & have told my TWI friends, many (who have all been around at least 15 years) have stated that something is missing for them in TWI, but they feel they can't leave. I know some stay for family/friends. Some stay because they believe TWI can still be salvaged. Some stay out of fear of the unknown. Some stay out of "equity rescue." From my observation, folks who were around in TWI-I and some TWI-II have experienced or are experiencing that deep discontent. TWI-III however, is simply a tortilla shell; there is very little substance. If all a person has known is TWI-III there is nothing to hold him/her or to push him/her away. They have nothing to compare what was with what is, so there is not necessarily/obviously anything missing. There may be no substance, but still the IIIers have lost nothing. And some Iers, IIers, and IIIers are not discontented; they have good leadership that provides an atmosphere of growth in the local fellowship. Well, I think I deserve a congratulations for posting. Maybe I'll post again sometime.