Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
I used to lay awake at night thinking of ways to make X suffer; to punish him for his abuse. I talked about this a bit in the I left him because I loved him post. How could I make him know how much he'd hurt me? How could I get revenge? I didn't want to… Continue reading Trying to get revenge on an abuser is like trying to teach a fish to climb a tree
A survivor and I were talking about how her refusal to reconcile with her abuser might get her ex-communicated from her beloved church. Her feelings reminded me of untangling from X and his parents. Here are some of the things I wrote to my friend: Leaving X didn't just cost me the marriage, the house,… Continue reading Untangling
