In today’s podcast episode, Catherine Boyle talks with Kim Botto, one of the featured speakers at DATC2023.
Emma's Story: Sexual Abuse Trauma and the Process of Recovery, Part 2
This post is part 2 of our interview with “Emma,” a woman who endured years of sexual abuse by someone she knew. Read part 1 here. We share her experience in these posts to increase awareness of opportunities for abuse and provide prevention and recovery resources to parents and ministry leaders alike.
Good Touch, Bad Touch: Sexual Abuse Prevention Strategies for Parents
Guest bloggers Gail Averette and Sheila Sullivan share helpful tips and approaches for parents of teens and adult children with disabilities to help prevent sexual abuse. Join us on October 27 as Gail and Sheila will share tips and strategies for ministry leaders to prevent sexual abuse.
The Case for an Impacted Pastor: Four Reasons Why You Need Church Leaders with Disabilities
Creating Belonging: Rethinking Cultural Contexts and Mental Health
A Personal Look at the Mental Health Impacts of Quarantine
Moving from Darkness to Light with God’s Word and a Crisis Helpline
Isolation has affected all of us. Racial tensions, struggles, and division in our country has affected everyone in America. We are all a little broken right now. As a pastor, it is hard to build up people when you cannot function. Recently, the amount of mental strain it costs me to function “normally” and put on a brave face is extreme. But I have returned to the point that I can rely on what I know instead of what I feel. Here’s how you can, too.
Safety in God in the Time of Coronavirus
Roadblocks to Mental Health
Is Mental Health Ministry Too Inefficient for Your Church?
When I think about the scripture that exhorts Christ-followers to number our days correctly, I kind of get the meaning backwards. I think about things from a natural human perspective, when what I really need is God’s perspective. The verse isn’t so much about the volume of what I accomplish, but the quality and the purposefulness of what I do. It’s also what I let ministry do to change me. Without anyone reminding me, do I actually see the personal dignity of every person?
