Domestic abuse remains hidden by cycles of abuse with phases of ‘reconciliation’ and calm. In the reconciliation phase the abuser...

Domestic abuse is a gross sin of misuse of power. This power is established by manipulation and control. This manipulation and control is...

A person who has disclosed they are abused has climbed a mountain of shame against an ill-wind: the belief they will neither be believed...

Variations on this myth are all too common. People are heard to say, “I can appreciate how it happens. She would get on my nerves too”....

Christ’s disciples are called on to be the Good Samaritan even if in personal danger. Those helping the victim should expect personal...

When weighing up a decision to leave an abuser, one balancing consideration (of many) is if and how the father is fulfilling his...

​ ​Horrifying though it is to contemplate, family and domestic violence occurs within the household of faith. Once, we found it difficult...

Important distinctions must be made: separation does not mean divorce. Forgiveness need not mean a fully-restored trust. Departing does...

This is a perversion of the truth. It was God’s will that Jesus suffered at the hands of wicked men. We are called upon to suffer “for...

​ ​The definitions of domestic violence in Australia’s laws include not only physical but sexual, psychological and economic abuse. The...