by Rebecca Davis | Nov 29, 2017 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
Yesterday I applied Caroline Newheiser’s lecture “Living with an Angry Husband” (link) to the wife of Devin Patrick Kelley, the man who shot and killed 26 people in a Texas church on November 5, 2017. It is a lecture that sounds a very uncertain call to the...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 28, 2017 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
Note: I put the term “Biblical counseling” in quotation marks not because I believe it’s wrong to counsel with the Bible. (Just the opposite is true, in fact.) But rather, because a certain group of people (nouthetic/”admonishing”...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 27, 2017 | For the Protectors
Note: This post was born not because I have any particular grandparents in mind, but simply from the fact that so many young people are speaking to me about their rapes. I wish they could speak to you. ***** You love your granddaughter. You may be wondering what’s...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 22, 2017 | For the Protectors
At a Thanksgiving time of year . . . in a Thanksgiving sort of way . . . I am feeling very, very thankful . . . for the Protectors. I’m thankful I have the privilege of knowing some people who are actively involved in seeking to protect others and helping others...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 20, 2017 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
When our daughter was a teenager, I remember her coming to Tim and me in tears over what some peers of hers were talking about. Turns out one of the peers had just informed another, when my daughter was part of the conversation, that a teenager they both knew was...
by Rebecca Davis | Nov 15, 2017 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
My faithful readers have seen some of my blog posts about rights before, and know that two chapters of Untwisting Scriptures are devoted to understanding rights. I’m glad to say that author and speaker Leslie Vernick is giving an opportunity to interact on this...