T.W. asked that we specify Iowa, because, in T.W.’s words, “the people there need to know.” I found the Cult of America newsletter through a search I no longer remember conducting. This is, I have since come to believe, not a coincidence. For three years, I subscribed but did not fully commit. I thought, privately,…
Submitted via postal mail, using a post office box return address “for the same reasons the Reverend has explained at length.” In our third therapy session, I described my condition as “a persistent awareness that things are not as they appear, and a difficulty relaxing around people who don’t seem to share that awareness.” My…
Brother Raymond’s testimony was delivered via voicemail and transcribed. One section has been removed pending further investigation. I was a weather app person for twelve years. I had the premium version — the one that gives you hourly forecasts and shows you the precipitation radar as a color-coded overlay. I found it genuinely comforting. A…
Sister Carol is not affiliated with any school district in a current capacity, and this testimony represents her personal experience. I purchased the Cult of America Field Kit in November. I want to be transparent: I purchased it skeptically. My daughter sent me the link with a message that said “Mom, you might like this,…
Submitted anonymously. Identity is known to the Reverend and to no one else. I attended the meeting because I had a concern. The concern was procedural. I prepared. I read the agenda, posted online forty-eight hours before the meeting as required. I wrote down my questions. They were good questions — the kind that assume…
