From my personal experience, American church culture and its systems are perfectly crafted to take advantage of people who are neurodivergent.
I've not heard anyone discuss this before, although I'm sure it has been put out there.
I'm grateful for this counsel.
I would add that nearly every reporter I worked with over the span of the last nearly six years has been phenomenal and excelled at being trauma informed. From national outlets to local, the journalists have consistently shown great care.
@kaylajohnson28 He always gave me the creeps, pre his true colors showing--and now I just honestly don't understand why "forgiveness" has to include him still having a platform. ๐ซค
@korinreid I think sometimes they are preying on women in what they view as a vulnerable situation. I had a man approach me when I was pregnant with #2 and say, he "would provide for me and make sure I had everything I needed." Lol. I was like...so confused.
@EzerRising Learning that it was an option. That sounds crazy. Lol. Everything had been presented to me in a way that I legitimately believed God didn't love me like he loved the boys/men. I sobbed for hours after realizing how untrue that was. In reality I was never comp. Just hiding.
I have been trying to reach my FIL (a pastor in his late 70s within the SBC) about racism & being complicit. Tonight he picked up my @JemarTisby book (#thecolorofcompromise) and *asked* to borrow it after reading a chapter. ๐๐๐ผโค๏ธ (Thank you for your voice @JemarTisby)
So many of us learned to regulate our nervous systems by shaming ourselves. Maturity is learning how to regulate without leaving part of yourself in the corner.
Love regulates us longer than shame.
Compassion creates more space for joy than contempt ever can.
I donโt even know where to begin with what we need to learn from this situation with Josh Duggar. If you havenโt paid attention to updates, you should, because it is a glaring example of the problems we have in our legal system, and especially in conservative culture.
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Mysterious miniature buildings have popped up on streets across Europe, built for mice by a secret organisation ๐ญ
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