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A young woman sits in a counseling session. Supporting the healing of mental health challenges is one one step in sexual violence prevention.
Sexual Abuse

What Life Patterns Protect Against Sexual Violence?

Research points to ten life patterns that reduce vulnerability and help protect women from sexual violence.

Jacob Z. Hess March 30, 2026
A young teen at a party surrounded by older teens drinking alcohol—reflecting Child sexual abuse risk factors Behavior Patterns tied to substance use and vulnerability.
Sexual Abuse

Behavior Patterns Associated with Sexual Abuse of Children

What the evidence says about porn exposure, delinquent peers, and impulsivity as repeated predictors of child victimization?

Jacob Z. Hess February 26, 2026
Family Matters

The Power of Positive Humor in Strong African American Families

From racism to marriage stress, exemplary Black families use bonding humor as medicine—building joy, unity, and endurance.

Antonius Skipper February 23, 2026
A child sits alone in a gym hallway, evoking child sexual abuse risk factors tied to weak supervision.
Sexual Abuse

The Hidden Conditions that Leave Children Vulnerable to Abuse

Beyond offenders, research points to enabling conditions that make abuse easier to commit and hide.

Jacob Z. Hess February 20, 2026
A woman faces body image anxiety in a church restroom.
Mental Health

In His Image: How Faith Can Heal Our Relationship with Our Bodies

Can the gospel ease body shame in eating disorders? Love from God, purpose, and progress over perfection can aid healing.

Talise Hirschi January 12, 2026
A scholar contemplates light through his study window during a faith crisis, symbolizing reflection and revelation.
Gospel Fare

Confessions of a Deconversion Researcher: A Scholar’s Journey of Faith

Why remain when doubt seems reasonable? Faith trusts revelation, finds strength in community, and chooses belief.

Sam A. Hardy November 3, 2025
A therapist sits in despair on the therapy sofa beneath credentials, the empty chair representing therapist divorce.
Family Matters

The Divorce Epidemic Among the People We Pay to Prevent Divorce

Why do therapists divorce more than most? High stress, blurred boundaries, and perfectionism strain marriages.

C.D. Cunningham October 27, 2025
A woman reaches out in empathy to her own, shaded reflection, symbolizing empathy without knowledge.
Gospel Fare

The Limits of Empathy: Why Feeling Isn’t Always Knowing

Is empathy always good? Without scrutiny, it feeds bias, but with reality testing, it grounds compassion in truth.

Dan Ellsworth October 8, 2025
A crocodile threatening a heart symbolizes how conflict resolution strategies protect relationships from destruction.
Dialogue

Disagreement: Three Steps toward Relationship Conservation

What saves relationships so they can endure disputes? Separating issues, practicing repair, and meeting deeper needs renew peace.

Skyline September 26, 2025
A person imagines both sides of a conflict, highlighting empathy and why forgiveness is important.
Gospel Fare

You Don’t Need to Feel Forgiving to Forgive

What does it mean to truly forgive? Forgiveness is a sacred choice that frees the giver, not the offender.

Skyline August 21, 2025
A modern superhero stands ignored on a busy street, illustrating waning cultural belief in origin stories within superhero films.
Pop Culture

How We Lost Faith in the Hero’s Beginning

Why did superhero films abandon origin stories? Because we don’t want to become heroes. We want them to just show up.

C.D. Cunningham August 13, 2025
Two people sit back-to-back in quiet tension, symbolizing emotional distance in conflict resolution
Gospel Fare

Disagreements Bring Balance: When Silence Isn’t Peace

Why do people stay silent in disagreement? Many avoid disagreement due to empathy, anxiety, or flawed logic.

Skyline July 28, 2025
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