Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
In an emergency situation recently, I tried urgently to get help from a person in authority. The response to the situation stunned me. The authority figure yelled, "You will NOT talk to ME that way. You WILL straighten up and speak to ME with respect." Later, I was ruminating on the conversation and his phrasing. Why… Continue reading You will NOT talk to ME that way
Sharing custody with an abuser can be such a nightmare. Too often there is undermining, overt or subtle threats, silence that is always pregnant with fear and the unspoken understanding that nothing is as it seems. Living with this means you and your children have to continually find ways to stay safe; to stay one step ahead… Continue reading Code Word Safety — a way to handle some dilemmas kids have on visitation
