by Hilary Jerome Scarsella | Sep 11, 2015 | Features, Free, Our Stories Untold Blog, Svmc Blog
As the North American Mennonite church has these past two years (and decades) discussed, discerned and shed tears upon tears regarding John Howard Yoder’s sexual abuse of women, it has been repeated again and again: Yoder’s treatment of women was abusive. It is not to...
by Rae Halder | Aug 21, 2013 | Call To Prayer For Sexual Healing, Healing Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
I’ve purposefully remained silent about the John Howard Yoder issue. But I was shocked yesterday to see a poll on the topic presented by The Mennonite. The Mennonite posted a statement of their conviction and are now letting people respond through a poll...
by Our Stories Untold | Jul 9, 2013 | Features, Healing Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
by Marty Troyer Note from Editor Rachel Halder: I am honored to feature Marty Troyer’s story of male childhood sexual abuse on Our Stories Untold, the first story of its kind. Male sexual abuse, especially child abuse, is a problem that is live and well in our...
by Hilary Jerome Scarsella | Apr 10, 2013 | Free, Healing Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
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...
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...
