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It should be obvious to anyone who visits my social media that my raison d’etre is supporting survivors of domestic abuse, and raising awareness that abuse happens in the church, just as much outside of it, so that we can make the church a safer place. It often astounds me then the amount of people …
Not all berries are toxic When my son was four or five years old my dad taught him that the blackberries he found growing alongside country paths were edible. It meant for many years we couldn’t go on family walks without having to wait whilst my son stripped every blackberry bush he found of its …
In ancient Israel some men would abandon their wives, like discarded possessions, “putting them away” and marrying younger women. Wives who had been “put away” would become mere property as slaves, or would be ignored completely and face destitution, but their obligations to their husband remained, they were not free to re-marry. Seeing the cruel …
In the backseat of the old car Miriam felt her muscles tighten again, arching her back against the pain she gritted her teeth. She was furious. She should be on her way to the hospital now, but instead she was crossing the country in Yusuf’s brother’s car, fleeing from the occupying forces who ruled their …
Friday 13th December, 2024 Maud had been the church cleaner since her husband died, she’d thought she’d be covered by his pension and life insurance policy but some loophole that she didn’t understand meant she wasn’t. She’d always stayed at home and looked after the children, and now, without John and his income, times were …
The phrase “innocent until proven guilty” was never intended to be used in the context of the public making judgments about the conduct of celebrities, nor, crucially, was it intended to be used by those responsible for safeguarding. And the use of it in this context is where it becomes dangerous and problematic. The use …
Justin Welby has resigned after a report found that he could have done more to prevent horrific abuse carried out by John Smyth, the most prolific serial abuser associated with the Church Of England. The Church of England has a problem with abuse, it’s still reeling from the Mike Pilivachi scandal, another man who was …
Fatima was thinking of running away, she wondered if there was any chance of making a new start somewhere else. The rest of the women in her community had a series of names for her, it had started as “The Black Widow” after her first two husbands had died, but since the last three they’d …
Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges, he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being.When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s …
Thursday 9th May, 2024 The moon is fullAnd the red mist has fallen once againThe beast, unleashed, from inside my loveProwls across my kitchen floorHis animalistic urges demanding moreMore of me than I have left to give I reach my hand up to his faceI know he’s in there, locked insideHe’s not the monster that …