domestic violence

What about those days . . .

What about those days when life just “ain’t” right, when there seem to be more challenges than victories, when it feels like more loneliness than company, when we experience more struggle than pleasure? What about those days when it just “ain’t on and poppin?” The days that leave us fighting for our peace and contending [...]

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She Can She Do 13: Anger Ain’t No Lifetime Companion

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You can’t truly live in anger and fear. I used to think that anger was a weapon of mine. I used to believe that anger would keep me from the wrong men and make me speak up and stand up for myself. I used to think anger was the key to my boldness and it [...]

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She Can She Do 12: Move, Get Out the Way!

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Since when has it been alright for women to choose death and men to choose violence? Bishop Weeks attacking his wife, Dr. Juanita Bynum, can’t put the biggest mark on the church. The biggest mark on the church is inaction. The biggest mark is every time a woman stays in a dangerous lifestyle. The biggest [...]

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She Can She Do 11: Forever Connected . . .

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The circumstances of this week are a shocker, particularly if you are a Christian or a woman or aware. Juanita Bynum, a prominent minister, author and singer, was physically attacked in the parking lot of a hotel on Tuesday by her husband, Bishop Weeks. On Thursday, another ministering power couple, Paula and Randy White, announced [...]

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She Can She Do 10: The Landscape May Change, but I’m Still Strong!

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Last night I learned that a Minister in my town was beat up by her husband in the parking lot of the Renaissance Concourse hotel in Atlanta. It shook me up, reminding me of my own past. It shook me up, because the fairytale died, again, for another woman. She had a very public and [...]