Articles
A Step Toward Change
If you’re not personally involved with oppressive relationships, but you love Jesus and His people, what difference can you make? Maybe you’ve been keeping up with Clarity in Action Ministries and providing prayer support. We are grateful! Or maybe you have talked...
Great Expectations
For those who don’t understand the complexity of living with an oppressive individual, consider this narrative: Anna dreamed of growing up and...
A Rose with Thorns
The idiom “love is a rose with thorns” means that love is beautiful and rewarding, but it also comes with challenges and difficulties. The phrase...
Is Scripture All You Need?
There are many reasons church leadership may be uncertain or unaware of the dire need to learn more about domestic abuse. Consider this common...
An Invitation to Light
At this time of year, as the days grow shorter, we celebrate the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the Light of the world. In talking to Nicodemus, Jesus...
Pictures Instead of Thousands of Words
In a destructive relationship one individual harms another. In a healthy, God-honoring relationship each person benefits. God, the ultimate picture...
Why Bully?
When someone has a different perspective it takes effort to see their point of view. Throughout Clarity’s Biblical Victim Care Course, we seek to...
It’s Not Imagination
Thank you for your prayers and support for Clarity in Action Ministries. The Biblical Victim Care Course starts in just a few days (September...
What’s the Right Answer?
“I assumed he was telling the truth. I’m a pastor. People don’t lie to a pastor, do they?” In cases of marital oppression, those involved often tell...
Everyone Knows Someone
Think about your immediate and extended family. It might be your grandmother or grandfather; your mother, father, aunt, uncle, sister or brother....
A Call to Clarity: Introduction and Welcome
Recently, an Iowa Pastor said, “In my 30+ years of ministry, sadly, domestic abuse in marriage is not uncommon in the churches I've ministered in.”...