Down Via Dolorosa

Most people targeted by verbal abuse try to explain to their abuser why what they’ve just heard is not true or not okay.  That is me.  If, I wasn’t trying to explain myself in hopes for the abuser to understand my intentions, I would become silent, stuffing all the hurt from the accusations the perpetrator […]

Defend Victims of Abuse, Speak Up!

Verbal Abuse is insidious. Verbal Abuse and its denial are crazy-making. Verbal Abuse usually occurs in secret. Verbal abuse takes many forms: from loud rants to quiet comments; from obvious put-downs to not-so-obvious remarks that undermine the partner.  What all the methods have in common is the need to control, to be superior, to avoid […]

Introduction

As a Christian, we are to love the things God loves, and we are to hate the things God hates.  For example, Proverbs 6:16-19 says, God hates a lying tongue and one who bears false witness.   Prov 17:15,  Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent– the Lord detests them both.  Do you hate those things? […]