"Jean" (her pseudonym), was seriously abused by her first husband when they were members of Doug Wilson's CREC (Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches) church in Moscow Idaho. Jean's story touches on many of the things my readers have experienced: domestic abuse, spiritual abuse, sexual abuse, rape in marriage, financial abuse, systemic abuse, legal abuse, shared… Continue reading “Jean” tells her story of how she was groomed to submit to abuse from her husband and her church
Tag: Response-Based Practice
Building communities in which survivors of abuse can feel safe and be treated with dignity
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
