7th December 2022“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 Imagine you’re fleeing war. You’ve lost your home, you’re injured and enemy soldiers are hot on your tail. You’re hungry, cold, homeless and your life is in danger. Then suddenly, you lift your eyes to the horizon and see …

6th December 2022 My glory days are the late nineties. I left school in 1994 and life really began. My mate got a car; the pub next door to college didn’t care that we were underage; Oasis were topping the charts. and it felt like the sun was always shining. I wasn’t the only one …

5th December 2022 There’s actually two accounts of creation in Genesis. One account is in chapter 1 and it says“So God created humankind In his image, In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27) In chapter 2 we read the more familiar account where God says “it …

4th December 2022 So how do we work together to end violence against women?We start by correcting those images of masculinity and femininity we hold. Masculinity isn’t toxic. Being male isn’t toxic. Jesus was male and Jesus wasn’t toxic. When we talk about getting rid of Toxic Masculinity we’re not talking about “getting rid of …

3rd December 2022 Of course it wasn’t only masculinity that got broken. The media talks about “Toxic Masculinity” because it is loud, in your face and obvious. Because it kills men by suicide and women by violence, because to be honest, we’re getting sick of defending it, phrases like “locker room banter” and “boys will …

2nd December 2022 The root cause of Domestic Abuse is summarised in Genesis 3:16. As a result of sin entering the world, man would “rule over” woman. Sadly, some Christians seem to interpret this text as a command from God, they fail to recognise that God is lamenting the consequences of sin and seem to …

1st December 2022 But what about the men experiencing Domestic Abuse? They’re experiencing “Intimate Terrorism” too, why aren’t they getting 16 days? After all, according to Mankind, a third of all domestic abuse victims are men. Indeed, a third of all police callouts for domestic abuse are to male victims. Yet the picture is more …

30th November 2022 “Intimate Terrorism” is the phrase Nigella Lawson used to describe her experience of Domestic Abuse. Why do we have 16 Days of Activism to end violence against women when men are more likely to be victims of violent crime? The answer is that there is a tangible difference between the violence most …

29th November 2022 It’s day 5 of the 16 days of activism to end violence against women and girls. But did you know that in the UK more men are victims of violent crime than women? 60% of victims of violence are men, and whilst us women have been taught never to walk home alone, …

28th November 2022A couple of months ago I offered training in how to safeguard victims of Domestic Abuse in church to my local churches, completely free of charge. The response to that training is what has prompted me to address my posts during the 16 days of activism to men. According to Google, there are …