There has been much discussion about what a church should do when confronted with an abuser in its midst. Such a question cannot begin to be adequately or wisely answered unless we first grasp the truth of what it means to be an abuser of the vulnerable.
Read MoreGRACE Board Member, Laura Thien, and Reverend Carrie Walker Nettles explain how the words we use can unintentionally be sources of great injury for the survivors of abuse within our faith communities.
Dr. Diane Langberg explains how trauma affects a victim’s relationship with God.
Read MoreVictor Vieth examines what happens while investigating child maltreatment sanctioned or condoned by a religious leader.
Read MoreAuthor Jonathan Hollingsworth explains the darker side to being “radical for Jesus”.
Read MoreIn this interview with memoirist Trudy Metzger, the truth is revealed about how the deep physical, emotional, and spiritual pains caused by childhood trauma cannot obscure a loving God who crosses the road and gets down into the dirt with the hurting and brutalized.
Read MoreThere is increasing pressure to be “radical” for Jesus, but what does this mean? Is this a good thing? Boz interviews a young man who had bought into this “radical” Christianity to learn more. What is revealed is a cautionary tale that is worth exploring.
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