I grew up in a Christian home. I should clarify, my mother’s faith was always an inspiration to me, but all I saw with my father’s so-called faith was hypocrisy and using the Bible as a weapon against others. Then one day, my mother came to me weeping over my father’s actions towards her. She… Continue reading I would love to reconcile with my dad. But I need to see repentance.
Tag: survivors’ stories
Silence As Defiance: Tamar’s Desolation — a reblog from The Shiloh Project
Today's post is an anonymous, personal reflection on the experience of sexual exploitation in childhood. The reflection also draws on the biblical story of Amnon’s rape of Tamar (2 Samuel 13). On the one hand this is a declaration reminiscent of #MeToo, but it is also an expression of defiant and articulate silence and a… Continue reading Silence As Defiance: Tamar’s Desolation — a reblog from The Shiloh Project
