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I’ve Talked With Teenage Boys About Sexual Assault for 20 Years. This Is What They Still Don’t Know
Author Laurie Halse Anderson shares her insights into what we aren't telling our boys
Telling My Story: Sexual Abuse on the Mission Field
Today’s post has been submitted anonymously as a follow up to a piece published here, at A Life Overseas, in 2013. Today we hear from the daughter ...
Churches That Abuse
A look at churches that practice authoritarian leadership, manipulation, excessive discipline, and spiritual intimidation warns and informs readers ...
Recovering from Churches That Abuse
This book is a healing balm for those who have been spiritually abused. This excellent SHORT book brings home poignantly the plight of the vulnerab ...
Traumatized by Religious Abuse: Courage, Hope and Freedom for Survivors
‘Traumatized by Religious Abuse: Courage, Hope and Freedom for Survivors’ is a comprehensive resource for those who have experienced religious abus ...
Former child New Tribes Mission members speak out on alleged sex abuse
A group of women, whose parents joined the massive Evangelical group known as New Tribes Mission when they were children, open up to NBC’s Kate Sno ...
Why Do Christians Shoot Their Wounded?: Helping (Not Hurting) Those with Emotional Difficulties
It's no sin to hurt.Thousands of Christians suffer real emotional pain--such as depression, anxiety, obsessiveness. Many other Christians, includin ...
EIGHT CRUCIAL STEPS: Preventing and Recognizing MK Abuse
Nearly two years ago, I wrote an article titled "Speak It" that garnered significant attention. This is a follow-up post providing parents with con ...
Welcoming Strangers: Church Revitalization through the practice of Biblical Hospitality
Dr. Craig Kraft's dissertation on Welcoming Strangers.
Lebanon, a fruitful field
The Bible mentions Lebanon more than 60 times, often with acclaim for its natural beauty – towering cedars, forest shade, snow on mountain summits, ...
Prayer blog on hold
The Pray for the City prayer blog is temporarily on hold, as we are in the process of re-structuring the Network so that we ca ...
Want to see what a porn-addicted missionary looks like?
Look pretty normal don’t I? Ok, I admit I was a bit scrawny but I come from a long line of skinny people and it was 95 degrees with 90% humidi ...