To Church: Protect your abuse victims—don't abuse them a second time
Regardless of intent, double abuse typically leaves a stronger impact than initial abuse. Double abuse teaches victims that people of God will not stand up for you.
Sarah McDugal
Op-ed contributor
5 stages of abuse: Teach your teens to avoid toxic relationships
What your teen needs to know, more than how to play a sport or perform on an instrument or even how to ace a college exam — is how to recognize the five stages of an abusive relationship.
5 ways to protect your child from sexual abuse
A child who feels free to talk to their parents about absolutely anything, is a child more likely to tell you when something happens.
Steven Crowder and 'no-fault divorce'
If you are reading this and you’re wondering if your own relationship is simply difficult or actually abusive, this free crash course will help you find safe answers.
The Church's problem: Pornification of Christian sex
As I’ve observed the firestorm of Butler’s hotly debated article, I was left with so many questions. Indeed, in what universe did a book describing the vagina as a Most Holy Place get labeled the “Protestant magnum opus on sexual ethics we’ve been waiting for”?
Happily never after: Clinging to faith after purity culture (part 2)
Every day offers a fresh set of choices waiting to be made. Fairy tales may not exist, but you can still choose happily ever after. Or not … all the choices are yours to make.
Happily never after: Clinging to faith after purity culture (part 1)
Innocently, I assumed following a neat and tidy formula would guarantee a fairy tale ending of happily ever after. It didn’t.
