abuse

Heather Caliri contemplates serving the beast.

Susan Carlson considers the intersection of faith, God, and patriarchy.

Heidi Turner looks for redemption and familial grace in community and church failure.

Melissa Knox reflects on psychoanalysis and the flawed lifeboat of belief.

My husband and I were in a head-on vehicle collision north of Toronto on Highway 69 at a combined speed of about 125 miles per hour. We survived what was a fatal crash for the driver who hit us, but I was diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder, suffered a brain injury, experienced significant physical injuries, […]

I. Breast, n. either of the pair of mammary glands extending from the front of the chest in pubescent and adult human females and some other mammals the seat of emotion and thought[1]   When my breasts started to develop in early puberty, I thought I had cancer. On a family visit to my grandparents’ […]

The unlikely route to joy involves entering the stories of suffering that have marked our lives.

In this essay, Jay Stringer argues that healing and addiction share the same architecture: repetition. The extent to which we turn to face our trauma and shame is the best predictor for the way our story will unfold.

This article highlights the problem of child exploitation internationally and domestically.