March 2017

  • I will Dare!

    Dare is my word for the year.  I wanted to dare myself to expand my life.  Being brave instead of being safe or maybe comfortable is a better word.  Fear seems to be the starting point to brave, and then… Continue reading

  • Cage of Silence

    Silence is the least effectual response to sexual abuse, and yet the most widely used.   Silence keeps your world operating as if nothing happened.  Silence sits with fear and terror.  Threats, and just the natural ugliness of abuse, demands… Continue reading

  • Be the Final Word

    When speaking out about abuse within the community of the First Apostolic Lutheran Church, I had intuitively knew it wasn't going to be welcome.  But over the past 13 years, it does continually surprise me, how quick they reach the… Continue reading

  • Fragments of Similarity

    What is always curious to me, is when people come upon my blog and my writings about abuse within the First Apostolic Lutheran Church, rarely is there any concern.  More often there is righteous defense for its honor.  Here is… Continue reading