“Intimate Partner Sexual Violence” — a new book for professionals

Intimate Partner Sexual Violence: A Multidisciplinary Guide to Improving Services and Support for Survivors of Rape and Abuse [Affiliate link] is now out. (Release date 21 Oct 2013.) Barbara Roberts contributed a chapter called 'Pastoral Responses to Christian Survivors of Intimate Partner Sexual Violence'. Here is the publisher's blurb: Intimate Partner Sexual Violence (IPSV) is the… Continue reading “Intimate Partner Sexual Violence” — a new book for professionals

The Believer’s Attitude Toward Single Mothers

In this current political and economic climate, it has become a national past-time to point fingers at whichever class of society we feel is the source of all of our hardships. Depending on our political persuasions, we are either inclined to point fingers at society's "irresponsible dregs" (i.e. everyone on welfare, especially single mothers) or… Continue reading The Believer’s Attitude Toward Single Mothers