Southern Baptists and a Culture that Breeds a Generation of Abusers
This week the 288-page report about abuse in the Southern Baptist Church (SBC) came out. To some, it was utterly shocking. To others it was, “It’s about time.” I guess it depends on which side of the road you were standing on. What you had seen,...If Someone Offends Me, Should I Not Talk About It?
(aka, “Don’t Gossip about Offenses”) The “Someone Offends Me” Chart Some time ago, the Victory Today Facebook page posted someone’s Bible study notes without context. As of this writing, 2.5 years later, it has been reposted (Shared) 88 THOUSAND times. The original...A Prayer for Anna Duggar on Mother’s Day
This message to Anna Duggar is also included here as an audio message. Dear Anna, Happy Mother’s Day. Your children are beautiful. I don’t “know” you as well as some people do, since I’ve never seen your family’s show. (Except for one time in 2013 in a hospital...Casting Out Fear by Whistling a Happy Tune
A couple of years ago I wrote a series about “fear” (part one, part two, part three). But I knew there was much more for me to learn, and for me to share with others. Not to mention that I want my next Untwisting Scriptures book to be (tentatively) subtitled Shut Your...Does He Look Like He Loves You? (Guest Post by “Mara”)
Many Christians of my fundamentalist and evangelical background are wary of the concept of “religious experience,” at least partly because it has been abused in some circles. After all, “experience” without knowledge can open one to error and evil. But if we as Jesus...
I’m Rebecca Davis, a trauma-informed writer, book coach, speaker, compassionate witness, prayer minister, and lover of Jesus who lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
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