Honouring Resistance – a wonderful resource for understanding abuse

Honouring Resistance: How Women Resist Abuse in Intimate Relationships is an excellent booklet that explains that every person resists abuse and that abusers choose their behaviour.  Choosing to Change is a companion document to "Honouring Resistance." It is a handbook for men concerned about maintaining their relationships that might be threatened by abusive behaviour towards those… Continue reading Honouring Resistance – a wonderful resource for understanding abuse

Abuse victims are perceived as ‘unclean’; yet they reach for the fringe of Christ’s garment

(Matthew 9:18-26  ESV)   While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.” And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples. And behold, a woman who had suffered from… Continue reading Abuse victims are perceived as ‘unclean’; yet they reach for the fringe of Christ’s garment