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Uncovering sexualized violence in the Mennonite church
I wrote this piece for the May 2013 issue of The Mennonite. You can see the original post of this article here. Before I clicked the enter button of my public Facebook status, questions plagued my mind: Was I really ready to talk about sex in a public space? Was I...
Rape, Facebook, and the Feminine Divine: Reclaiming our Feminine Power
by Trista Hendren Two years ago, I left my long-time career and began work to empower women and girls through the Divine Feminine. About 6 months ago, I veered out a bit to help tackle rape culture on Facebook. Last month, I began to receive death and rape threats as...
Christian Feminist Spirituality for Healing from Abuse, Part 3
This is my last post in a series of three dealing with sexual abuse and Christian spirituality. You can see the first post here, and the second post here. I wrote these as a way to process some of what I've been noticing as I work with women in the Church who have...
Christian Feminist Spirituality for Healing from Abuse, Part 2
This post is my second in a series of three posts dealing with sexual abuse and Christian spirituality. In my first post I talked about ways that certain Christian messages tend to create stumbling blocks for those striving to heal from the trauma of abuse, and I...
Christian Feminist Spirituality for Healing from Abuse, Part 1
This series of cross-posts by Hilary Jerome Scarsella originally appeared on the State of Formation Website. Recently, I've spent a lot time with Christian women striving to heal from abuse and from damaging messages they learned from their experiences of church,...
Is Coercive Sex Rape?
by Martin Elfert From Editor Rachel Halder: April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a month dedicated to raising public awareness about sexualized violence and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence. But what I want to know is: Why...
Our primary commitment is to make ourselves available to survivors who want strategic support as they navigate their options following an experience of sexual violence, whether that experience happened recently or decades past.