“In the Image of God He Made Them”: How Genesis 1:27 Challenges Sexual Abuse and Misogyny in the Church Denying the image of God in all humans reduces people to things and creates a straight line to abuse, because at the root of abuse is the de-personing of a person. Russ Meek November 17, 2020
Angry Enough to Die, or What Jonah Taught Me about Forgiveness Jonah was “angry enough to die.” So was I when my family’s abuser sought reconciliation and forgiveness. This is a small part of my story of forgiveness and the role Jonah played in it. Russ Meek October 23, 2020
Sojourners The Burden of Safety Doesn’t Lie with the Abused On Friday, Megan Twohey, one of the journalists who broke the story about Harvey Weinstein’s alleged abuse, released an interview she conducted with Donna Rotunno, Weinstein’s criminal defense attorney. As the interview came to… Russ Meek February 13, 2020
Sojourners Inside the Fight to Keep an Abuse Apologist off the Church Stage “If you stand up to sexual abuse, you must remain standing,” Susan Codone recently told me. She’d said the same thing on Twitter in response to news that Paige Patterson, former president of Southwestern… Russ Meek February 7, 2020
Sojourners Why Social Media Is a Last Resort for Survivors of Clergy Abuse The church shouldn’t need a hashtag to shame it into taking sexual violence seriously. Abuse survivors shouldn’t have to look to Twitter and Facebook and blogs to find a place to belong, to be believed, and to give voice to their trauma. Russ Meek January 18, 2020
Fathom Magazine Break the Teeth in Their Mouths, O God If you have found yourself in the church—or anywhere else—looking for solace, comfort, and relief from abuse, then may you turn to the imprecatory psalms and find comfort there. Russ Meek September 22, 2019
