There is Hope! Listen in Espanol and English

Nicole Mullen is one of our favorite singers. Here she is signing aand singing in Spanish and English, “My Redeemer.”  

The Journey of Change-What it Looks Like

Walking out the 5 “Rs” By Barbara Jones-Schroyer and Ty Schroyer, (Adapted  from “Changing Men, Changing Lives, A Supplement To Creating A Process of Change For Men Who Batter: The Duluth Curriculum”, Copyright © 2007) Remorse ♦  Repentance ♦  Restitution ♦  Restoration ♦  Reconciliation The following information on the “Rs”, we learned and adapted from […]

Forgiveness and Trust

Does Forgiveness = Trust? By Barbara Jones-Schroyer It is important for us to understand the difference between forgiveness and trust when we are working with or in relationship with abusive men. The terms forgiveness and trust are laden with religious implications for many people. Frequently in faith communities, forgiveness is interpreted to mean the same […]

The Importance of Culturally Specific Classes

Why a Faith Based Class? By Ty Schroyer,  (Adapted  from “Changing Men, Changing Lives, A Supplement To Creating A Process of Change For Men Who Batter: The Duluth Curriculum”, Copyright © 2007). During my 16 years coordinating the Men’s Nonviolence Program at the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP), we recognized the value in giving Native […]

The Abused Bride of Christ

The Abused Bride of Christ By Catherine Clark Kroeger, Ph.D (originally printed for Prism) Like many an abused woman, the church is battered and bleeding from a wound that she fails to recognize. Many evangelicals cannot bear to acknowledge that spousal abuse is an enduring problem within our very walls. Both individually and as a […]