by Hilary Jerome Scarsella | Apr 9, 2013 | Healing Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
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...
by Hilary Jerome Scarsella | Apr 8, 2013 | Healing Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
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...
by Rae Halder | Oct 22, 2012 | Features, Free, Our Stories Untold Blog, Svmc Blog
Recently “Rae on the Road” spent time in Mesa, Arizona. Making connections with family members I hadn’t seen in years (over 4, at least), it was wonderful to see the women my previously “little” 1st-cousins-once-removed have grown into. Knowing my interest in feminism...
by Rae Halder | Jun 18, 2012 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
This is a piggy-back post from last week’s, “Calling on Men to Take a Stand.” It’s also a father’s day post, even if it is a bit late. I wanted to write a post honoring my father–and all loving fathers–on this father’s day. In my line of work it’s far too...