Porn’s Complicity in Abuse
When my husband and I were engaged, our pastor guided us through a fairly rigorous premarital assessment and counseling process. While our profile placed us
September 5, 2022
Topic: Abuse
Loss of the Assumptive World: Identifying Gaslighting in Evangelical Organizations
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2021 Writing Contest Top 15 winner! “There’s just something about your voice…” With these words, my dean suggested that
May 26, 2022
New Voices: Power at the Cross: Invitation to the Sufferings of Christ with Dr. Diane Langberg
This week on the New Voices thread, hosts Erin and Blake interview Dr. Diane Langberg on her new book, Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse
February 11, 2022
New Voices: Ending Faux Egalitarianism with guest Tiffany Bluhm
This week on the New Voices thread, hosts Blake and Erin speak with Tiffany Bluhm about her book Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell
January 14, 2022
Are We Continuing to Sideline Women in Conversations about Abuse?
I’ve been in the abuse and advocacy realm for a few years now, and I’ve recently noticed a startling trend. While we can leave toxic
January 5, 2022
It’s Time to Empower the Mighty Gideon-Women of Ministry
Editor’s note: This is a CBE 2021 Writing Contest Top 15 Winner! My oldest daughter is turning eighteen this month. These past few years, as
November 17, 2021
The Psalm of Vengeance, the God Who Listens, and How I Learned to Forgive My Mother’s Abuser
A sermon preached at Acadia Divinity College Chapel The passage we are going to reflect on today is not your typical Bible passage. It is
October 25, 2021
He Made Her Play the Harlot: Judges 19 through the Lens of Domestic Abuse
The story of the gang rape and murder of an unnamed woman in Judges 19 is one of the bleakest narratives of the OT. Although
July 31, 2021
Women’s Equality and How Churches Respond to Abuse
In a continuation of the second conversation sponsored by CBE and our 2021 conference partners in the UK, Charles Read, priest and director of liturgy and
July 7, 2021
How Harriet Jacobs Reclaimed the Broken Body: Black Suffering, Black Redemption
There is something about “brokenness” which allows us to open our eyes and see God’s express revelation differently. Though we frequently herald historical women and
July 5, 2021
