Once more, Judith Herman's book, Trauma and Recovery [Affiliate link], provides us with wonderful insight into why so many church leaders minimize, trivialize, and dismiss abuse victims. Listen to Herman's summation here of what Sigmund Freud found in the early years of his research on "hysteria" (i.e., Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder): This empathic identification with his… Continue reading Abuse and Denial: More Reasons Why Pastors Don’t Stand With Abuse Victims — from Judith Herman
Category: Unjust church responses
unhelpful responses by pastors and leaders, idolatry of marriage, Pharisaism, legalism, wolves in sheep’s clothing, church discipline misused, cult dynamics, Patriarchy
Is God “For Your Marriage”?
"God is for your marriage." This is one if those statements that a lot of us heard when struggling with the decision of whether or not our marriages could be salvaged. It is meant to be an encouragement, but often can feel like the twist of a knife in the back of a victim who… Continue reading Is God “For Your Marriage”?
