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Who defines celibacy?: Why Mennonite Central Committee’s “Lifestyle” policy enables sexual harassment
by Stephanie Krehbiel, Executive Director featuring letters by Wendi Moore-O'Neal, New Orleans, LA and Addie Liechty, Oakland, CA We’re featuring two letters on our blog today. Both are written to the leadership of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), confronting them...
PTSD and the Designer Drug That Saves Me From Suicide
by Torah Bontrager Torah Bontrager grew up in an Amish community. As a child, she was sexually abused. The repercussions of the abuse threatened to take her life, but Torah has found ways to live and thrive through a combination of medication and activism. On a...
The Heart of Accountability: Interview with Stephanie Krehbiel, as illustrated by cats
The doctor is in. Several weeks ago, Into Account Executive Director Stephanie Krehbiel sat down with Rebecca Barrett-Fox, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Arkansas State University and author of God Hates: Westboro Baptist Church, the Religious Right, and American...
Man, Christian, Survivor of Abuse: My Message to the Church
by Charlie Charlie is a Methodist getting ready to graduate from an Anabaptist seminary. In addition to being a child abuse survivor himself, he is an activist for child abuse survivors, and we are thoroughly impressed by his commitment to resisting abuse and holding...
Let’s Have a Locker Room Talk
by Stephanie Krehbiel, Executive Director Exposing the Abusive Underbelly of College Athletic Departments Last week, ESPN’s Outside the Lines did an investigative story on the culture of secrecy and self-protection around sexual abuse in the Michigan State University...
Responding to reports of abuse: Who’s getting it right? And where does theology come in?
by Hilary Jerome Scarsella, Director of Theological Integrity The other day, my colleagues and I were reflecting on the sense of angst we have when folks in communities of faith ask us for examples of people getting it right when it comes to responding to abuse. It’s...
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