Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Romans 8:28 should be rendered, "God works all things together with those who love him". N.T. Wright says Romans 8:28 has often been mistranslated. And it's silly to use it as a platitude to mollify those who are suffering.
Victims usually stay with abusers because they face entrapment barriers that prevent them from leaving. "Churches must evaluate the entrapment barriers they create and perpetuate that keep victims entrapped in abuse," says Andrea Aleksandrova in her superb article Becoming A Safe Church: How churches can become safe spaces for victims of domestic abuse. I am… Continue reading Churches must evaluate the entrapment barriers they create and perpetuate that keep victims entrapped in abuse — Andrea Aleksandrova
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I am angry and grieving about Liam Goligher being a wolf in shepherd's clothing. Nine years ago he and a married woman Susan Elzey (a deaconess at his church) were both arrested and pled guilty to committing an offence in a public park. Goligher and Elzey kept this secret from the church for nine years!… Continue reading Liam Goligher turns out to be a wolf in shepherd’s clothing
Despite all the things which blight most of the seeds we plant, we keep on planting seeds. We will all be judged for our deeds, so let us keep on planting seeds even if the orchard never grows or produces any fruit that we can see.
Archibald McIndoe was a plastic surgeon during WWII who reconstructed the burned faces and hands of many RAF airmen. By his advocacy, he turned a small English town into a community that helped the disfigured airmen feel comfortable reintegrating into society. The town became known as "the town that did not stare". Trigger Warning —… Continue reading Building communities in which survivors of abuse can feel safe and be treated with dignity
A Cry For Justice 