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And What About the Good Samaritan?
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A woman recently shared with me her experience of being assaulted and stabbed by her abusive husband. As she recovered from her injuries, she turned to her ...
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“Where Are We?”
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As I was presenting a workshop recently on how we should challenge the roadblocks which the church can present to battered women and affirm the resources, I ...
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NFL Player Homicide-Suicide: This Is Domestic Violence
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A head injury? Alcohol? Drugs? Depression? An argument? Everyone who knew Jovan Belcher is grasping for an answer to “why?” We only know what we read in the ...
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Jimmy Carter Challenges His Church
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“The turning point in every social justice movement occurs when the authentic leadership of survivors is met with the genuine commitments of our most power ...
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Prosperity Preaching from the Ears and Eyes of a Victim-Survivor
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by Rev. Sharon Ellis Davis, PhD
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GUEST BLOG: Bettie Williams Watson: Ending the Silence, Defeating the Shame {16 Days of Activism: Stories That Inspire Our Work}
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I met Bettie Williams-Watson 8 years ago when she presented a workshop on domestic violence at a faith-based women’s conference in Seattle. Bettie told a ...
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Before “Yes, We Can” . . .
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Before “Yes, We Can,” there was “WE CAN.” Women Empowered Committed Against Negativity (WE CAN) is an organization whose office is in a house on the outskirts ...
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Lutheran Community Foundation Safe & Healthy Congregations Training
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In May of 2012, FaithTrust Institute trained and educated approximately 100 members of 23 Minneapolis, Minnesota-area congregations’ denominational staffs, ...
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Beyond Shameful
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Dear Forty-five Obstructionist Senators:
The President used the word “shameful” to describe the Republican filibuster two days ago in the U.S. Senate of ...
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A Perspective on Domestic Violence in the Muslim Community
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by Salma Elkadi Abugideiri
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Good News for New Year 5777
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As I wish blessings in the New Year to Jewish friends and colleagues, there is also good news to celebrate.
There is finally a solution to the problem of the ...
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“Together We Can Do More”
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The three-day National Youth Leadership Roundtable marked the collaborative effort to build a multifaith network of national allies to address teen dating ...
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In Memoriam: Ellen Pence (1948–2012)
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A great spirit has left us...Ellen Pence died today, January 6, 2012, in her home surrounded by the love and company of close family and friends.
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EBooks
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We are offering some of our resources for faith communities as e-books!
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“Love-All That and More” Debuts in Cape Town!
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Since my visit to South Africa is supported by the U.S. Department of State Speakers’ Program, the Consulate staff has arranged some of my meetings. They asked ...
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Be The Church
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I recently preached at my home church on the issue of justice for survivors of sexual or domestic violence. During my sermon, a member of the congregation got ...
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ELCA Bishop Eaton Recognizes DVAM
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ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton filmed a video to recognize Domestic Violence Awareness Month. She calls upon Lutherans to spread awareness about ...
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Happy Father's Day
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When I was about nine years old, I remember a dinner table conversation between my father and mother. I think we had just received news that my favorite uncle, ...
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What Individuals Can Do to Respond to Sexual and Domestic Violence
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Sermon on Domestic Violence
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by Rabbi Cindy G. Enger, Former Director of the Jewish Program
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Women’s Work Is Never Done
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March 8 is International Women’s Day. So I was pleased this past week to be in New York City for events surrounding the 54th Annual meeting of the United ...
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Why Faith Matters
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Why Faith Matters is an online network connecting individuals and faith communities that are dedicated to addressing and ending interpersonal violence
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VAWA 2019 Reauthorization Toolkit
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Santa Targets His Own Family
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An ex-husband took advantage of the annual family gathering at his in-laws’ house to inflict his violence on his ex-wife and her family. He appeared at the ...
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Is the Gospel of “More Sex” Really Good News for All?
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So Pastor Ed Young of the Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas, got the attention of the media. And his church members. He called for a week of ...
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"Déjà vu All Over Again"
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Another murder in a church; another domestic terror homicide. On Nov. 23, Joseph Pallipurath entered the St. Thomas Syarian Orthodox Kananaya Church in ...
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The Fight to End Terrorism
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“Compare the raw numbers. In the same seven-year period [2000-2006] when 4,588 U.S. soldiers [in combat] and police officers [on duty] were killed by hostiles ...
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The Invisibility of Domestic Violence in Faith Communities
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Last week, Charles Parsons murdered his wife during a couples’ counseling session at Calvary Lutheran Church south of Seattle. He turned himself in and has ...
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A Commentary on Religion and Domestic Violence
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by Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune with Salma Abugideiri and Rabbi Mark Dratch
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A Spiritual Battle between Good and Evil?
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Is addressing domestic violence a spiritual battle between good and evil? This is the question I received last week from a colleague. As I pondered this ...