Blog/Survivors Standing Tall/

"In a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift.

If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame,

our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others."

Brennan Manning

The Manipulator

Kaylyn Herdman's slam poetry and video art exposes the playbook of an abusive pastor like nobody's business. It is a playbook that has...

After hearing Lauren Shifflet’s & Kay Ellen’s stories, I felt compelled to write the following article. Lauren and Kay have been victims...

Prior to the new millennium I had never experienced depression, as I understand it now, and therefore could not relate to those who had....

This may be an unfair assumption, but many people are probably only reading this post to hear about my experiences with Luke Hartman. My...

just when the power of positive thinking had me thinking I had some control i got knocked to my knees by a hot dog wagon. not...

“It is very tempting to take the side of the perpetrator. All the perpetrator asks is that the bystander do nothing. [The perpetrator]...