I may have mentioned before that it took me three years to leave my abuser. I tried to leave once but had little resources, no support and four small children, including a newborn. I was convinced to come back out of sheer necessity. For the next three years, I would claw my way out of… Continue reading The Back and Forth-ness of Leaving An Abuser
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How an Abuse Victim Might be Guilted by Some Christian Hymns
I am in my church office on a Sunday morning going over my sermon notes and listening to our worship music leaders practice. Among other pieces, they will be leading us in this well-known and widely cherished Fanny Crosby classic, Blessed Assurance [Internet Archive link]1. (Most of you probably know that Fanny Crosby was blind.)… Continue reading How an Abuse Victim Might be Guilted by Some Christian Hymns
