Voices

What Happened When I Told

He’d laugh and wind my hair in his fist at the nape of my neck, push me up against the wall, or hold me down on the bed. If I moved my...

Tell It To The Lord

Another one down Can you hear them now? Too bad, so sad Why did she think she could do that anyhow? And the tears may fall While they...

What Women Wish Church Leaders Knew About Domestic Abuse and the Victims (part 3)

Missy slammed her fist on the counter. Tears slid down her cheeks. “What in the world are they thinking?” she yelled out loud. No one...

What Women Wish Church Leaders Knew About Domestic Abuse and the Victims (part 2)

By the time I got involved in Lisa’s case, she had left her husband seven times. Each time she decided to escape, it was because a...

What Women Wish Church Leaders Knew About Domestic Abuse and the Victims (part 1)

It happened again. Only this time, Maggie had barely two hours to get herself and the kids ready. She ran through the house moving...

What I Learned from Love

Love was blind for a long time, Minimize and rationalize all the lies. Objects hurling through the air. Words came flying by. I didn't...