by Our Stories Untold | Jan 31, 2013 | Features, Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
by Sarah Davies About the author: Sarah graduated from Messiah College in December 2009 with a B.A. in Human Development & Family Science. She currently works full-time in the mental health field but will soon be transitioning to full-time farming with a local...
by Our Stories Untold | Jan 25, 2013 | Features, Our Stories Untold Blog
Sexualized violence and abuse is often covered up due to shame, embarrassment, or just plain ignorance in how to handle the problem. One contributing story on Our Stories Untold describes how a woman’s Mennonite family purposefully hid her abuse from the rest of...
by Rae Halder | Jan 8, 2013 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
When I was 15-years-old I was invited to attend a Baptist summer camp. Growing up Mennonite I had never been exposed to overt “savior” language, nor had I previously received such direct and controlling gendered messages. At this camp I was told it was a women’s...
by Rae Halder | Jan 4, 2013 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog, Womenundersiege
When I got annoyed with the fact that sexualized violence is a stigmatized and sensitive subject in the Mennonite Church, I began this blog. When Gloria Steinem learned that rape was a widely used and unspoken method of torture, and a result of the Holocaust, she...
by Our Stories Untold | Dec 20, 2012 | Our Stories Untold Blog, theology, Writings
by Joanna Harader Note from the Editor: This is a cross-post by Rev. Joanna Harader, which originally appeared on Spacious Faith on December 18, 2012. I believe the conversation about gun violence and masculinity is important, and that this phenomena also ties into...
