by Mary DeMuth | Sep 5, 2019 | Church Too, Essays
I asked the question a few weeks ago about why the church has been resistant to change how it deals with sexual abuse. These responses were powerful. 1. We may have to demolish a power structure 2. It may mar our preferred view of church 3. It may mess with reputation...
by Mary DeMuth | Aug 30, 2019 | Church Too, Essays
I believe We Too is the book I was born to write. And now it is officially born. [insert trepidation here!] I truly believe we heal better together. In light of that, I wrote We Too. It’s pro-church and pro-empathy because I dare to believe both are possible. The...
by Mary DeMuth | Aug 27, 2019 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, Essays, stories, Trauma
I used to have an aloof cat that I practically chased, trying to show her affection. She, indifferent, would sprint the other way when I entered a room. It’s strange that I long to be affectionate with an aloof cat, and yet when it comes to those I love the most, I...
by Mary DeMuth | Aug 22, 2019 | Church Too
People are now reading We Too, and they are being impacted. First Feedback: “I wonder how We Too will be received by the Church, especially its leaders. I’m hoping for change and humility and surrender to our Lord, who is grieved over our choices to shut our...
by Mary DeMuth | Aug 19, 2019 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, Essays, stories, Trauma
That’s me in the picture. I’m probably in the fourth grade, a year before my father passed away. I first laid eyes on this photo last month. It was in a pile of pictures my father took of me, and when I leafed through the black and whites and my eyes...
