And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. 'I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not… Continue reading A dead church with a few live people
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How victim’s responses to abuse are mis-labelled, and how abusers’ tactics of abuse are mis-labelled.
Most people (and most of our social institutions) do not know how to honour the many creative ways victims resist abuse, oppression and violence. Rather than seeing and honoring a victim’s resistance, they see the victim’s responses to the abuse as indicating her deficiency or defectiveness. And because they see her as deficient, they put… Continue reading How victim’s responses to abuse are mis-labelled, and how abusers’ tactics of abuse are mis-labelled.
