Brave new world?

Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2021 by Rebecca

Orwellian nightmare?

This is an important wake-up call about the reality of living in a post-privacy world. What can we do about it? The “Internet Privacy Guy” explains in this important video.

https://youtu.be/vX5M1qrAlOM

My only comfort

Posted on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 by Rebecca

Beautiful, powerful words that remind me of why I am still a Follower of Jesus. It’s all about redemption, and I’m still holding out for the final chapter of that beautiful story.

And when we forget the real curse that is on the world, we turn Christianity into a weird ethical system that is all about homeschooling, courtship, virginity, tattoos and earrings and power plays and making sure women “know their place” and we forget that it is about redemption.

— Read on myonlycomfort.com/2019/09/03/my-only-comfort/

Asking the tough questions | Trauma Tuesday

Posted on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 by Rebecca

When I watched this yesterday, it deeply impacted me. Not exactly a sermon, it’s more an interview in which a woman tells her remarkable story of dealing with tragedy, suffering, and disability. Yes, the pastor had things to say — in a rather powerful mini-sermon that served as introduction — and her husband spoke as well, but it was her words I found especially compelling.

If you’ve ever asked, “Why did God allow this to happen?” you might not find the exact answer to your question, but I think you will find hope.

http://belairpres3.sermon.net/main/main/20392261

Sex Trafficker? Me?

Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 by Rebecca

A simple but uncomfortable truth: even if the men in our lives never go to places like Pattaya, Thailand…even if they never hire the services of a prostitute…even if they never go to a strip club…even if they never pay for porn…if they use porn, even infrequently, they are contributing to and fueling the demand for sex trafficking.

That is a very uncomfortable fact. Husbands may try to pretend their use of porn “doesn’t hurt anyone” and that their wives are being overly sensitive and prudish. They may insist, “I only look once in a while! Every guy does!” They may try to blame their wives, make excuses, justify and defend…but it’s time wives stopped buying into the arguments of porn-using husbands, and time the husbands faced up to what it is that they are supporting and encouraging every time they log into a porn site.

I can’t stop thinking about this video

Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2014 by Rebecca

Here is the link: Shell.

This is hugely powerful. Read her story first. Then watch the video.

If you struggle finding the words to express your own trauma…if you are trying to find your voice…watch the video. It’s heartbreaking, but will give you hope.