[Trigger warning: Conversation about abuse. ] Can we talk about a big clobber word? Abuse. Also, its derivatives: abusive and abuser. They’re ugly words, kind of like the word racist or rape. Be an abusive parent, and you might get your kids taken away, or, at the very least, be shamed and ostracized. Abuse is horrible, horrifying, beyond the pale. I’ve experienced abuse a few …
Beliefs I Wish Weren’t True: Bitterness Is Poison
One of the biggest surprises of facing a lot of my doubts about faith is realizing that when I dig down to the root of Christian theology, I agree, wholeheartedly, with so much of it. In fact, Jesus’ words about suffering and how to find freedom, have truly released me from prison. So I thought …
Bill Cosby, Needles, Haystacks and Why Rape Culture Is Old News
[trigger warning: rape and sexual assault] Let’s not be to quick to dismiss Bill Cosby as an evil person, or shove him, eyes averted, in a box labeled ‘psychopath’. Instead of casting him into the outer darkness, let’s take a deep look in his eyes and see if there’s not a mirror there. Not reflecting …
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