Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Jane's description of a "cat chasing a laser pointer guided by a sociopath" nails it as she describes the exhaustion and frustration of working against abuse. I think one of the hallmarks of working against abuse ESPECIALLY within the contentedly patriarchal church is how utterly exhausting and frustrating it is. It’s like being a cat chasing… Continue reading Thursday Thought — The Endless Chase
From our Allegories, Analogies, and Fairy Tales page: When victims of abuse eventually leave their abusers, they almost always say “I stayed too long. I wasted too much time trying to work on myself, trying to respond in a ‘better’ way to the situation. But the abuser chose to keep on abusing regardless of what I… Continue reading Thursday Thought — Sand at the Beach
