Some bright spots in 2017
A year after the election, we decided to look for signs of hope. We found them all around us.
A year after the election, we decided to look for signs of hope. We found them all around us.
Sometimes we need a place where we are told, “You did nothing wrong.” Can our communities provide that space?
Read the main article, “A pastor's #MeToo story.”
1. Maintain and update safe church child protection policies.
2. Require all leaders to take boundary training, even non-ordained leaders.
3. Post domestic violence and sexual violence hotline numbers in church restrooms.
4. Teach the warning signs of domestic abuse and abuse of children in the church newsletter or bulletin.
5. Intentionally use the words sexual violence in the liturgy—for example, in a prayer of confession.
"What can we do to make this go away?" a member of the personnel committee asked.