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We are so excited! Our faith-based certification trainings are now available to access on our website! We’ve gone WEBINAR!! Our staff has worked long hours to record our two main faith-based trainings that have only been offered in-person until now. Now, you can register for both trainings online and log in to complete each…
Restore Us
I was blessed to attend the recent Restore 2022 Conference at Judson University. The subtitle, A Conference Restoring Faith in God and the Church, hinted at the truth that our society is experiencing right now – many people have lost faith in our loving God, because of abuse in the church and in the home. …
Maria’s Story: Emotional Abuse: The Silent Force Within the Power and Control Wheel
Emotional abuse is one of the most pervasive yet least recognized forms of domestic abuse. Within the Power and Control Wheel, emotional abuse is woven through nearly every tactic an abuser uses—undermining a woman’s confidence, isolating her from support, and slowly eroding her sense of identity. Unlike physical violence, emotional abuse often leaves no visible…
“Pit Living”
There are days when we seem to be caught in the fog of life. Dreariness shadows our every move. Directional signals telling us which way to turn in our present situations allude us. So we wander aimlessly and fall head first into the darkness of the pit, the pit of despair. Walls seem to close…
Skiing the Distance for TEEN FOCUS
We are happy and blessed to announce a very original fundraiser happening right NOW for the FOCUS Ministries TEEN program. Because February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, we have been “focusing” on the reality and the tragedy of teen dating violence. And then OUT OF THE BLUE, one of our amazing support group leaders…
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He Chooses to Abuse – Part 1 of 2
I frequently speak with women experiencing domestic/intimate partner violence. One of the hardest things I and they, find it hard to believe and accept is that domestic violence is a choice. Not the victim/survivor’s choice, but the abuser’s decision to specifically act in behaviors to gain, exert, and maintain power and control over you, who…
