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		<title>Honesty, a Broken Heart and a Great God by Anna Wood</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psalms 27: 10, For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me in. Getting deep down inside ourselves when life is painful isn&#8217;t easy. It&#8217;s even harder to open the broken parts of ourselves up to others. Sometimes we need to do it, though. This is one of those times. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1362&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Cry For Justice: Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Violence in its Midst</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the title of a new book that will be coming out sometime in the next few months. Written by a Reformed Pastor and an abuse survivor, it is designed to open eyes, open hearts, shatter lies and offer grace. A Cry For Justice is also the name of the blog that Pastor Crippen and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1359&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Should Churches Respond to Claims of Domestic Abuse?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First and foremost, make it known that you will listen to victims. When a woman comes to you with a description of abuse, believe her. Her description of what she is going through is only the tip of the iceberg. Help her to understand that God is safe, He is there for her and He [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=886&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Cancer in Our Midst by Anna Wood</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isaiah 5: 20, Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! The husband forced his wife into their bedroom, stripped her, whipped her and told her she was nothing but a slave with the sole purpose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1344&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Telling Ourselves the Truth that Really Matters by Anna Wood</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it&#8217;s easier to lie to ourselves than it is to tell ourselves the truth. Sometimes the truth hurts so much that, no matter how much we need to, we don&#8217;t want to face it. That&#8217;s pretty much the way I&#8217;ve lived much of my life. Facing the truth about our lives is easy to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1341&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Believing the Abused: A Clarion Call by Anna Wood</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abused women are just like you: they have the same hopes and dreams, the same feelings, the same ability to love, to hate, to feel happiness and sorrow. Some are rich, others are poor. Many are white, others are black, yellow, brown. Some are older, some younger. Some are married, others single. Some are born [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1307&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alone Except for God</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the hardest things for an emotionally abused women to deal with is the everydayness of living. All around her are people who get up and do what needs to be done and do so while surrounded by those who love and support them. She has to get up and get stuff done, too, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1302&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hearts and Roses? Absolutely!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annawood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do hearts, roses, kisses and hugs from a man mean to a woman who has been castigated, abused and ignored by her husband? Little, really. Words, gifts and promises don&#8217;t change things. This I know far too well so I won&#8217;t be wishing those things for you, dear reader. What I will do, instead, is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1295&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wise Words on Domestic Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The job of defending  and protecting the defenseless is given to us (Christians), and the buck stops here. ~ Jeff Crippen Because abusers are great at feigning repentance and enlisting allies among clergy, an abuser&#8217;s supposed repentance should be cautiously evaluated and stress-tested over time, just as Joseph tested his brothers’ repentance before reconciling with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1287&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Word on Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genesis 42:21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. 2 Samuel 22:28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1281&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whose Job is it?  Taking Responsibility to Act in Behalf of Abuse Victims &#8211; by Jeff Crippen (via A Cry For Justice)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is our job, given to us by Christ, to protect the defenseless.  The civil authorities are appointed by Christ to strike fear into the evildoer (Romans 13), but there is another institution appointed by Christ that also bears the responsibility and that is the Church.  Us.  Christians.  If we are to obey Christ then we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1278&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Don&#8217;t We See What&#8217;s Going On? The Churches Response to Domestic Abuse by Anna Wood and Jeff Crippen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[a Christian response to domestic abuse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abused wives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Wood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manipulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mentality of abusers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pastor Jeff Crippen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barbara Roberts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic abuse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The churches response to domestic abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[when a woman is abused]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[why aren't abuse victims believed]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(With many thanks to Barbara Roberts for her suggestions.) Here&#8217;s some thoughts on why the church isn&#8217;t dealing properly with domestic abuse in its midst and why victims are so often discounted: 1. Domestic abuse, at its core, is hard to believe, hard to accept and very hard to understand.  Abusers are incredibly deceptive. 2. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1264&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For Wives Of Husbands Who Don&#8217;t</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[abuse in marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abused children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abused wives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abusive husbands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Wood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abused wives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ephesians 5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry for abused women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wives of husbands who don't]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ephesians 5: 25, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;” Ephesians 5: 28, “So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.” Ephesians 5: 33, “Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=68&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Deal Breakers and Monkey Love by IdaMae</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[abuse in marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abused wives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abusive men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how abused women think]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responding to abuse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Women talk to me. Not sure why. Maybe it’s this strange tendency to laugh inappropriately during confessional sessions. More likely,  my Christian pedigree worked the magic– pastor’s daughter, pastor’s granddaughter, pastor’s great-granddaughter. We attended my father’s church for years, my household appeared to be in order, therefore surely I’m an expert on the ways of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1229&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Song for Abused Women Everywhere: Twenty Miles From Nowhere by Marc Derose</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[domestic abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[songs for abused women]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Filed under: domestic abuse, domestic violence, songs for abused women Tagged: Marc Derose's song for abused women, song about domestic abuse, songs for abused women<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1240&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Emotional Abuse Really Abuse? by Anna Wood and Jeff Crippen (via A Cry For Justice)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[a Christian response to domestic abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abused wives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discernement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotional abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pastor Jeff Crippen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[understanding emotional abuse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Husband: “Dinner isn’t ready? You knew I would be home at this time and you failed to have my dinner ready?”       Wife: “It’s almost ready, honey. Just needs about 10 more minutes and then….”                                       [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1233&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Respond When a Woman is Being Abused  &#8211;  by Anna Wood and Jeff Crippen (via A Cry For Justice)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[a Christian response to domestic abuse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bearing one another's burdens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[how to help the abused]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to respond to women who are abused]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Psalms 9: 9, “The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.” Romans 12: 15, “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” If a woman comes to you telling nearly unbelievable stories of abuse, it is imperative that you listen to her, believe her and try to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1231&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>David &#8211; A Case Study in Real Repentance by Jeff Crippen (via A Cry For Justice)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>annawood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[a Pastors response to domestic abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discernement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pastor Jeff Crippen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David's repentance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David's sins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[false repentance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genuine repentance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Because repentance is so often feigned by the abuser, it is extremely important for us, as well as victims, to understand what real repentance looks like. Here is a truly repentant man – King David. He had sinned horribly. He had murdered, committed adultery – and did it all against a most loyal subject and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1223&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saul &#8211; A Case Study in False Repentance  by Jeff Crippen (via A Cry For Justice)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[deceitful hearts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As anyone familiar with the mentality and tactics of the abuser knows, false repentance is a common ploy of such people.  They can be very convincing. They have changed. What they did was wrong, but they are finished with it forever. If their victim will only forgive them, all will be well. So it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1214&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Abuse Victim as Widow &#8211; by Jeff Crippen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from A Cry For Justice: Exodus 22:22 You shall not mistreat any widow or fatherless child. Deuteronomy 10:17-18 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. (18) He executes justice for the fatherless [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psalms40vs2.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19179616&amp;post=1213&amp;subd=psalms40vs2&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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