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Looking for Patterns
"Destructive behaviors and attitudes can sometimes be difficult to describe succinctly. That’s why an emotionally destructive marriage is not usually diagnosed by looking at a single episode of sinful behavior (which we’re all capable of), but rather repetitive...
Awaken Idaho 2017
I had the great privilege of working on the planning committee for this conference this past weekend, and wow, what an experience. The speakers were so, so good, and the way the church (leadership and staff of Real Life on the Palouse, courageous tellers of...
Seatbelts, Cigarettes…and Abuse
In his talk for Awaken 2017, my husband made the comment that he wants to accomplish for abuse what we've seen happen within very recent memory for seatbelts and cigarettes. Once upon a time, cigarette smoking was not just socially acceptable, it said you were savvy,...
Interview with Boz, Part Two: When Sexual Abuse Happens in a Family or a Church
I had the great pleasure of meeting Basyle "Boz" Tchividjian in person last year in Virginia at the Courage Conference. Boz has been a shining light of inspiration for myself and my husband for several years now. A one-time prosecutor, and founder of the...
Why I am Not (Exactly) an Advocate
This post has been brewing for a while. My husband and I started our unplanned journey into the (at that time brand new) world of advocacy about six years ago, by helping a friend who was caught in a domestic violence situation. Due to the way that story unfolded,...
Guest Blog: A Response to Matt Walsh on #Metoo
I’m happy to welcome my husband onto the blog for a guest post today. A few days back, provocative Christian blogger Matt Walsh released an op-ed on the politically conservative news site, The Daily Wire. The title of his piece was “It’s Time for the #Metoo movement...
Let’s Talk about Our Boys
When I first started this blog and my associated Facebook page at @ClaireRoiseAdvocacy, I addressed male-dominated abusive marriages within the church almost exclusively. It was a needed area of conversation; it was what I had seen; and I certainly wasn’t the only one...
Interview with Boz, Part Two: When Sexual Abuse Happens in a Family or a Church
I had the great pleasure of meeting Basyle "Boz" Tchividjian in person last year in Virginia at the Courage Conference. Boz has been a shining light of inspiration for myself and my husband for several years now. A one-time prosecutor, and founder of the...

Idiosyncracies

A small collection of sample happenings and traits. Only a taste of the fun we get to have every...

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