by Our Stories Untold | Aug 11, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog
by Jennifer (Jay) Yoder “I’m going to destroy you, and I know exactly how.” That’s the sentence that started a two-year run for me, one from which I’m still recovering, of a feral, terrified, and isolated existence. That’s the sentence that launched my former lover,...
by Our Stories Untold | May 30, 2016 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Stories
by L. Herdman In 2006, I approached my Pastor and shared with him that I felt that there was something missing between God and I and I wasn’t sure what it was. I asked if we could meet. He answered, “Sure, no problem.” And we had set up a date and a time. I am a very...
by Rae Halder | Jun 5, 2014 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Svmc Blog
Two years ago today I chose to launch Our Stories Untold, a blog with the mission to collect stories of sexualized violence in the Mennonite Church, drawing awareness to this epidemic of violence that is happening all around us, to give a voice to the marginalized,...
by Rae Halder | Apr 17, 2014 | Healing Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
*Editor’s Note: Today’s post was originally published in the Spring 2014 issue–a special issue on sexualized violence–of Timbrel Magazine, a publication by Mennonite Women USA. To purchase a copy of this issue for a special discounted price of $5, click here.– RH...
by Our Stories Untold | Nov 18, 2013 | Features, Our Stories Untold Blog
by Sarah Moon **Editor’s Note: This is Sarah Moon’s fourth piece from a series on some of the problems that unevaluated privilege can cause in Christian pacifist movements. The original post appeared on Sarah’s Patheos blog on November 6, 2013. Be...
