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Jeff Crippen, Pastor | Tillamook, Oregon
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 Many thanks to Wendell and to his wife for being willing to share these things with us and offer their help. Deborah’s excellent post on her experiences of abuse struck a chord with me, not because I have been abused by my wife (I haven’t) but... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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Once more, Judith Herman’s book, Trauma and Recovery, provides us with wonderful insight into why so many church leaders minimize, trivialize, and dismiss abuse victims. Listen to Herman’s summation here of what Sigmund Freud found in... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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“Then the lion said — but I don’t know if it spoke — You will have to let me undress you. I was afraid of his claws, I can tell you, but I was pretty nearly desperate now. So I just lay flat down on my back to let him do it. “The very first … [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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The following article introduces us to a new Facebook page ministry called I Will Stand. We are glad to endorse it and our readers are encouraged to go on over and pay them a visit! The link is at the end of this article. I Will Stand Statistics... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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At this blog, we generally keep our focus on domestic abuse, but other kinds of abuse have similar dynamics to domestic abuse. In this post, I’m giving links to an account of sexual harassment by a para-church Leader. It is a two-part... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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There was an interesting discussion behind the scenes here at ACFJ that stemmed from one of us over-apologizing (OK, it was me). Jeff Crippen pointed out that victims of abuse quite often apologize incessantly and for everything, even when we have... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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“God is for your marriage.” This is one if those statements that a lot of us heard when struggling with the decision of whether or not our marriages could be salvaged. It is meant to be an encouragement, but often can feel like the twist... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. 2 And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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The new GEMS page (click on the top menu of the blog main page) is a place for us to put notable quotes we come across. Please don’t make comments there as it will clutter the page. If you have a quote that you would like us to consider... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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NOTE: We posted this article last March, but since our readership has increased significantly since that time we are re-posting it now. This book will have a far-reaching influence, and that is not necessarily good news for abuse victims. God,... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ] |
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