by Rebecca Davis | May 24, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
Megan Cox of Give Her Wings has given me permission to repost her letter to Sarah Pulliam Bailey, the author of the Washington Post series on Paige Patterson. The abuse and abuse enabling in SBC circles is far worse than what I talked about yesterday. Dear Ms....
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 26, 2018 | challenging the status quo
In a recent interview (which you can watch here), Rachael Denhollander, who spoke in court against the sexual-abuser-disguised-as-a-doctor Larry Nassar, talked about the horrific ignoring, enabling, and victim-blaming that has been perpetrated in USA Gymnastics and at...
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 25, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors
Rachael Denhollander, the first of the infamous Larry Nassar’s victims to speak publicly, is a Christian. A real Christian. That’s very obvious from her powerful victim impact statement that was posted yesterday. The full transcript of that statement can be read here,...
by Rebecca Davis | Jan 5, 2018 | challenging the status quo, For the Protectors, untwisting Scriptures
When I post something about criminal abusers and their criminal enablers in our Christian institutions, I’m often reminded by many voices that our society works on a principle of “innocent until proven guilty.” The argument goes that until a person has been found...
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...