tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post8684224564950329479..comments2024-03-17T16:21:14.907-05:00Comments on Stop Baptist Predators: Post-trauma haikusChrista Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04560409585720043015noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-19232116292664063982008-08-21T01:16:00.000-05:002008-08-21T01:16:00.000-05:00A good 'ole boys clubThat's what the SBC isHow tha...A good 'ole boys club<BR/>That's what the SBC is<BR/>How that breaks our heartsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-80909385524205056472008-08-20T08:31:00.000-05:002008-08-20T08:31:00.000-05:00Blind Baptist leadersEntwine faith and falsity.All...Blind Baptist leaders<BR/>Entwine faith and falsity.<BR/>All trust is fractured<BR/><BR/><BR/>Amen!gmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713588262748876624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-10841837566228264842008-08-20T07:57:00.000-05:002008-08-20T07:57:00.000-05:00Brute preachers con kidsWhose only fault is trusti...Brute preachers con kids<BR/>Whose only fault is trusting.<BR/>Leaders look away.<BR/><BR/>************<BR/><BR/>Blind Baptist leaders<BR/>Entwine faith and falsity.<BR/>All trust is fractured.Christa Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560409585720043015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-7686345494613542652008-08-19T22:27:00.000-05:002008-08-19T22:27:00.000-05:00From the most recent article posted on Stop Baptis...From the most recent article posted on Stop Baptist Predators: <BR/><BR/>"We are shocked and saddened by this incident, (THERE IT IS AGAIN... THE SCRIPT WORD)... Abernathy said Monday afternoon. <BR/><BR/>“We have made counselors available to our youth and families who may be hurting and will be available to anyone in our church and community who wants to talk.<BR/><BR/>“We are working to respond to everyone hurt by this.” (BUT THIS SOUNDS RIGHT)gmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713588262748876624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-18508155413983859732008-08-18T08:14:00.000-05:002008-08-18T08:14:00.000-05:00Despair overwhelms meScreams lost in the darknessT...Despair overwhelms me<BR/>Screams lost in the darkness<BR/>The demons say trust megmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713588262748876624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-83823934885427136222008-08-17T23:22:00.000-05:002008-08-17T23:22:00.000-05:00My haiku was badCan't think straight with tv onHop...My haiku was bad<BR/>Can't think straight with tv on<BR/>Hope this is betterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-23738884398202308942008-08-17T16:53:00.000-05:002008-08-17T16:53:00.000-05:00To Christa and friends,As deep calls to deepSouls ...To Christa and friends,<BR/><BR/><BR/>As deep calls to deep<BR/>Souls in gratitude express<BR/>Thanks for being you.ochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910693449008506409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-49351331668620486702008-08-17T15:40:00.000-05:002008-08-17T15:40:00.000-05:00"We're here. We survived. Our lives matter."Eloque..."We're here. We survived. Our lives matter."<BR/><BR/>Eloquent and to the point as always, gmommy! Despite everything our Baptist perps and blind-eyed betrayers taught us, our lives matter! Nothing could be more true. THEY are the ones who are wrong and false.<BR/><BR/>Renae, lin, oc, john and anon: Thanks for your poetry. Thanks for your words. I wonder whether you all realize it sometimes... and others of you who also participate on this blog... but so many of you are so often an inspiration to ME. Thank you.Christa Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04560409585720043015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-58778400596356962692008-08-17T00:19:00.000-05:002008-08-17T00:19:00.000-05:00Just for the record....I don't remember haikus fro...Just for the record....I don't remember haikus from school. (I barely remember school)<BR/>I know I didn't go by the 3 line rule.<BR/>I "collaborated" with a really poetic smart kid in 9th grade when we had to write poetry. I gave the ideas and emotions and he made nice words flow.<BR/>I couldn't use the one I tried to write about the actual abuse.TMI<BR/><BR/>Experiencing betrayal by my church and people I trusted there opened up many old and new wounds. It wasn't easy.<BR/><BR/>Yet most days I am grateful for the fire that melted away the rest of my hope. My hope was misplaced.<BR/><BR/>I have support I never had before....from sources I couldn't have found had ministers and Christians done what I thought they should do.<BR/>I have no influence or control on how other people respond to evil.<BR/><BR/>I know we have courage and honesty that many people don't have.<BR/><BR/>There's no magic band aid to healing. We know that. We just do all that we can do.<BR/> Some days I'm fighting off the demons of despair and some days I almost have wings like an eagle.<BR/><BR/>We're here. We survived. Our lives matter.gmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713588262748876624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-25227505970853199672008-08-16T22:51:00.000-05:002008-08-16T22:51:00.000-05:00Gmommy, your post said so much to me. Amen. While...Gmommy, your post said so much to me. Amen. While all hell may be breaking out around us, even to us and our loved ones, even in the places we thought were safe, and even if that evil is perpetrated by "our brethren" who are supposed to love us; never forget that we are precious in His sight. Not one of us has gone through the hell He has endured. He knows pain. He knows lonliness. He knows betrayal. But He also knows wrath and justice. He knows grace and mercy and love too. He will apply it as He sees fit. For some, that is a blessed assurance. For others, it should be a reason to fear. Thanks for the simple reminder, that through all the pain in this life, the discouragement, and the disappointment, Jesus loves us. That says it all. Thanks friend.ochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910693449008506409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-73590256001532588592008-08-16T22:36:00.000-05:002008-08-16T22:36:00.000-05:00Looked up to these menThought they were what they ...Looked up to these men<BR/>Thought they were what they pretend<BR/>Lord, keep my focus on youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-20277972489614186142008-08-16T21:58:00.000-05:002008-08-16T21:58:00.000-05:00Jesus said let the children come.He loved the woma...Jesus said let the children come.<BR/>He loved the woman at the well.<BR/>The Bible tells us so.<BR/><BR/>I thought my church was my safe place.<BR/>I let my son believe it too.<BR/>Did they forget or never know.<BR/><BR/>Sexual abuse an incident to them.<BR/>The wounded of no significance.<BR/>WE must forgive, it’s under the blood.<BR/>The pastor told us so.<BR/>.<BR/>My body screamed I had to run.<BR/>What was real and what was not.<BR/>The demons laughed as they circled.<BR/> <BR/>I melted while the idols burned.<BR/>Still I bleed, I crawl<BR/>I fight, I plead, <BR/>I’m precious still<BR/>Jesus told me so.gmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713588262748876624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-35431517825367306062008-08-16T19:18:00.000-05:002008-08-16T19:18:00.000-05:00They run their mouths.They run us off.They ruin ou...They run their mouths.<BR/>They run us off.<BR/>They ruin our hearts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-64529216119170885682008-08-16T16:56:00.000-05:002008-08-16T16:56:00.000-05:00Words bounce off a wallCrying while no ear listens...Words bounce off a wall<BR/>Crying while no ear listens<BR/>Echoes in the nightochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910693449008506409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-78686654291341024432008-08-15T23:40:00.000-05:002008-08-15T23:40:00.000-05:00"His words “sting my soul and turn my stomach” sai..."His words “sting my soul and turn my stomach” said Gmommy. “Why do perps all use the same script?”"<BR/><BR/>Because they are sicko.Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04723395060585207854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3874123597623259718.post-54888481292460234792008-08-15T22:46:00.000-05:002008-08-15T22:46:00.000-05:00Blind leading the blindWake up we plead, but none ...Blind leading the blind<BR/>Wake up we plead, but none hear<BR/>Now what do we do?<BR/><BR/>Healing comes slowly<BR/>Step by painful step I move<BR/>Into divine light<BR/><BR/>I found a calling<BR/>Walking with others who bleed<BR/>Binding my own woundsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com