This is part 4 in an ongoing saga about secrets and lies, hypocrisy, and the use of faith to manipulate and abuse people. There is also a consistent theme of using legal tactics to keep things in the dark. The updates below, however, especially in the O’Connor case, show light…

In the fall of 2019, I had a legal encounter with Dave Ramsey’s company, Ramsey Solutions (legal name: The Lampo Group). As a lawyer myself, I became interested in certain themes I noticed in how they handle legal (and other) challenges. As background, for over twenty years, I was married…

Recently I summarized the lawsuits against or involving Dave Ramsey and his company Ramsey Solutions (legal name: The Lampo Group). If you haven’t read it, go back and read that now for context. My previous article made clear that I don’t claim to be a disinterested party; I have experienced…

A settlement, an answer, a few depositions, and a new case later. Edited at 11/5/21, 3:30pm: to report on decision ordering Dave Ramsey to submit to a deposition in the O’Connor case and denying his attorneys’ request that Ms. O’Connor be barred from the…

Healing from an abusive relationship is a journey. But figuring out how you got there in the first place can bring closure and a healthier future. “I would never let someone treat me that way.” That is one of the most unhelpful, and in fact harmful, statements someone can say…

The years 2018–2019 would turn out to be the hardest years of my life. They were harder than year after year of infertility and miscarriages. They were harder than the years of caring for three toddlers. They were even harder than accepting my youngest child’s terminal diagnosis. All of those…

Sunshine versus silencing. Light versus dark. Open versus sealed. Free versus gagged. There is a tension between each of these concepts that I think is woven throughout the Bible. I recently had a conversation with Amy Fritz of the Untangled Faith podcast about the use of different types of silencing…

When someone offers to share with you about their experience of abuse, it’s like they’re standing in the middle of a trashed room, furniture smashed, paint peeling everywhere, shit smeared on the walls. They open the door and now they’re standing there waiting. You, the listener, have several options. You…

The final episode of The Dropout, the Hulu series about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company Theranos, hit screens recently. The series is based on the popular podcast of the same name and features Amanda Seyfried channeling the black turtleneck-wearing, Steve Jobs-fawning, doe-eyed, unblinking, Stanford dropout…