Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Julie Cleaveland was married to a very wicked man. When she sought help from her church, she got the usual bad treatments. She published this letter to her former church leaders to highlight the bias in their thinking. *** Dear Former Church Leaders, I was surprised to hear that your head pastor and you parted… Continue reading Comforting My Church With the Comfort They Gave – by Julie Cleaveland
Conservative Jewish religious leaders have for thousands of years insisted that in order for a divorce to be legal, the husband must sign the divorce certificate. The essential words in the traditional Jewish divorce certificate were "You are free to marry any man". Jews call this divorce certificate a 'get' – it is a Hebrew… Continue reading The Jewish divorce certificate gave women the right to remarry, but some men used it rule over women
