This article is by Harriet Cook. Update June, 2024: Harriet has now expanded this article into a book — What Can I Do To help Lazarus?: Reaching Out with Knowledge and Compassion to Survivors of Domestic Abuse in our Congregations [Affiliate link]. Harriet is a wife, mother of adult children, and grandmother, loving and serving… Continue reading I’m Nobody Special; What Can I Do To Help Lazarus?
Thursday Thought — On Violence, Resistance, and Power in Language by Dr. Allan Wade
At a conference in Sweden, Dr. Allan Wade discusses social responses. In particular in this short video clip he touches on how people who have been abused may be further traumatized by the negative social responses they receive from 'helping' professionals, authority figures, family, friends and neighbours. Very often, the social responses an abused person receives from… Continue reading Thursday Thought — On Violence, Resistance, and Power in Language by Dr. Allan Wade
