Guest post by Kirk Daniel. *** The words scream at me from the news feed on my smart phone. Almost daily. Another man is arrested for the sexual abuse of a child. Was it a boy? This inquiry is automatic and immediate. I open the story and scan past everything until I get the answer. Was it a boy? […]
Please don’t misunderstand what I just said. The sex crimes committed by one man should never have happened. The failure by a few CAM leaders to report those sex crimes and make that man accountable should never have happened. The seeming attempt to gloss over the situation by multiple CAM leaders who later learned of
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One of the people I love most in all the world was a sexual abuse survivor. When I knew her, she was already an old woman, with black hair and a wrinkled face and a smile that transformed her being. She loved me with all her heart, but with me—as with all people in all
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Last week, guest blogger Rosanna Brubacker wrote about domestic abuse, specifically abuse that goes on in conservative Anabaptist circles. We were both astounded by the large readership that one post gained and happy for the positive responses. Obviously, the reality of abuse and how to deal with it is a needed subject in conservative Mennonite
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Today’s post is from Rosanna Brubacker, who blogs at Thyme On My Path: “Mary!” Ben yelled. “Get downstairs and check your soup! It’s boiling over! How dumb can you be? Don’t you know that you just don’t walk off when you’re cooking? Hurry!” “I’m coming.” Mary called back. Quickly she scooped little Jerry from the
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