Contact by phone National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFENational Coalition Against Domestic Violence: 303-839-1852Northwest Family Life Learning & Counseling Center: 206-363-9601*Center for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence: 206-634-1903* Books Women, Abuse and the Bible. Catherine Clark Kroeger and James R. Beck, editors. Baker, 1998* (out of print; check at a library) Healing…
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Healing for the Hateful Heart
A woman learns to cut loose the ties the bind. by Lynne Collins* as told to Muriel Larson I was twenty when it happened. One evening I was washing dishes in the kitchen sink. The sound of the television in the living room kept my baby content; I could hear him banging his toys….
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Seeing our worth in the eyes of God. by JoAnn Wray “Stop squirming! Hold still while I tie your shoe.” Whack! The frustrated mother slapped the four-year-old across the face. Then she twisted his arm for emphasis. “I said hold still!” The boy looked at his mom, bewildered. I could see his pain clearly….
Read moreFrom Hurt to Healing
Deliverance from the nightmare of spousal abuse. by Kay May with Muriel Larson Norm seemed like such a nice guy when we dated. He had a great sense of humor, and we laughed a lot. We went to church together. He professed to be a Christian and even taught a Bible school class. Little…
Read moreBreaking Through
Releasing bitterness and finding peace. by Audrey Hector Angry, rebellious, and bitter. I hated my husband. I hated my job. I hated people. But most of all, I hated God. I teetered on the edge of insanity and fell deeper and deeper into the black hole of depression. I wasn’t always this way. I…
Read moreChild Beater
From rage to joy, hatred to love. by Kay Cherry* as told to Muriel Larson Raging with anger, I struck fiercely at my small daughter. She cringed in terror from the blows. Suddenly, I stopped and looked in horror at my tightly curled fist, then buried my face in my hands and wept. I’m…
Read moreMy Daughter Was a Victim of Domestic Violence
A mother’s pain leads to helping others. by Ginger Green as told to Sherri Langton A sunny redhead, an honor student: Not the type of girl you’d expect to see lying still and pale in a coroner’s room. But on Monday, May 13, 1991, there she was — our daughter, Margo, dead at twenty-two….
Read moreRescue of the Throwaway Child: Words to the Wise
This life, even at its best, provides a barrage of signals and experiences that tend to tear us down. Sometimes destructive communication comes from those who should love and support us most. At times like these, we may turn to the Bible repeatedly for God’s estimate of who we are. For example, our value…
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The providence of God in overcoming an abusive past. by Sandra Carlson* as told to Calvin Burrell At seven, I walked; at fifteen, I talked; at fifty, I began to live. Everything about my childhood was painful – right from the start. I was born physically and mentally slower than my five brothers and…
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