by Our Stories Untold | Mar 2, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Uncategorized
“But if we are abused or ignored in childhood, or grow up in a family where sexuality is treated with disgust, our inner map contains a different message. Our sense of our self is marked by contempt and humiliation, and we are more likely to think “he (or she)...
by Our Stories Untold | Jan 30, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Hayley Brooks This piece is a cross-post, originally published on January 29, 2016, on the Brethren Mennonite Council website. My senior year of high school, I was talking to a school counselor about an experience I had earlier that year with another classmate. As...
by Our Stories Untold | Dec 15, 2015 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Tim Nafziger *The piece originally appeared as as a blog post on TheMennonite.org on December 12, 2015. ———————————- On December 1st, Mennonite Church USA’s (MCUSA) Executive Board...
by Our Stories Untold | Aug 30, 2015 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Uncategorized
The cave of darkness surrounds me, There is no light. I’m wrapped in its strangling cords, So I cannot breathe. Its mirrors reflecting only bitter despair. The ugly reality, The harsh truth finally settling in. As my heart and mouth finally proclaim: I can no longer...
by Our Stories Untold | Aug 9, 2015 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Anonymous “There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” —Audre Lorde My assailants told me I was cute, that I was beautiful and small, that I was sweetness, that my hair was soft, that I looked innocent. My assailant told...
