by Claire Roise | Mar 30, 2017 | Advocacy Blog, Uncategorized
In an earlier blog post I talked about why we should begin with belief when hearing allegations of child sexual or domestic abuse. Today I’d like to talk a little more about that. Assuming the victim must have misunderstood or misremembered details, or must be...
by Claire Roise | Mar 23, 2017 | Advocacy Blog, Uncategorized
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...
by Claire Roise | Mar 7, 2017 | Advocacy Blog, Uncategorized
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...
by Claire Roise | Feb 28, 2017 | Advocacy Blog, Uncategorized
To study psychological trauma is to come face to face both with human vulnerability in the natural world and with the capacity for evil in human nature. To study psychological trauma means bearing witness to horrible events. When the events are natural disasters or...
by Claire Roise | Feb 3, 2017 | Advocacy Blog, Uncategorized
Hello everyone. Today I am excited to introduce a new ministry organization to you — one that I believe has the potential to significantly improve how the Christian church supports victims of domestic violence. My husband, Peter, and I learned about the Psalm 82...
by Claire Roise | Feb 1, 2017 | Advocacy Blog, Uncategorized
“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...
