Wise as Serpents: Do You Want to be Healed? (Part 4 of a sermon series by Jeff Crippen)

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids — blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been an… Continue reading Wise as Serpents: Do You Want to be Healed? (Part 4 of a sermon series by Jeff Crippen)

The Myth of “Stockholm Syndrome” and other labels which are used to discredit and pathologize victims of abuse

When I first read about "Stockholm Syndrome" I was delighted because it seemed to explain some of my feelings and thoughts towards my husband when I was married to him. And it seemed to explain why I found it so hard to identify that he was in fact abusing me — and how hard it… Continue reading The Myth of “Stockholm Syndrome” and other labels which are used to discredit and pathologize victims of abuse