Rise and Shine Movement

04/12/2026

She has a great point here! We must allow our children to follow their gut and teach them what it feels like in their bodies.

04/02/2026

For those who follow who find healing in the teachings of The Bible or are curious, please checkout Lisa Radcliff's new book, "God Is for Me: A Biblical Character Study of God's Heart for the Sexually Harmed." Lisa doesn't take abuse or the healing of harm lightly, nor does she white-wash justice or forgiveness. We are grateful for her voice!

God Is for Me: A Biblical Character Study of God's Heart for the Sexually Harmed

03/31/2026

Information we should all know and hope we never need.

12/31/2025

Sadly, I witnessed this after being told in my prevention training that it would happen. People will surround the perpetrator, not the survivor, in families, in organizations, in courtrooms, and, yes, in places of worship. And that's the most unloving response for all involved.

I watched a video where a pastor was confronted by one of his victims.

And then something painfully familiar happened.
People rushed the stage.
They surrounded him.
They laid hands on him.
They prayed for him.

Meanwhile, the woman who had just named her harm stood alone.
No prayer.
No care.
No protection.
No ministry offered to her.

This is not an isolated moment.
It’s a pattern. It is one that I can name situation after situation to you that has followed this pattern.

When abuse is exposed, churches often move quickly to comfort the pastor and slowly, if at all, to care for the person who was harmed. Our desire to see beloved leaders, pastors, and Christian celebrities “restored” often comes at the cost of truth and justice.

But here’s the hard reality:
You cannot restore someone to a position they have disqualified themselves from without retraumatizing the victim.

Restoration language that bypasses accountability is not grace.
It’s harm.

Victims do not need to watch a congregation rally around their abuser while they are left unseen, unsupported, and spiritually abandoned.

They deserve better.
They deserve care.
They deserve protection.
They deserve a church that centers their healing, not the reputation of the one who hurt them.

If your first instinct is to protect the pastor,
and not the person who was harmed,
something is deeply wrong.

11/11/2025

Just imagine if the church behaved like Jesus. 🤔

11/03/2025

The best gift we can offer survivors and everyone else. Listen and believe and listen.

Co-regulation isn’t about fixing someone.
It’s about showing up — calm, steady, and present — so their nervous system can remember what safety feels like.
That’s what secure attachment really is: not perfection, but presence.

11/02/2025

Parents, this what our sons and daughters could face from those who seek control over respect. This is why we empower our children by supporting their “nos” whenever possible and not demanding blind obedience.Healthy people respect the boundaries of others. Those who violate children do not.

09/04/2025

Please remember that the Epstein case isn't about politics, but about children. We must demand justice no matter our political party. The survivors are real women who were once real children who were s*xually violated. Because justice for them, means justice for our children and our grandchildren.

08/12/2025

When scripture is used to groom and justify, it's not only s*xual abuse, it's spiritual abuse. Both harm the soul. We must teach our children and grandchildren well. They are never required to accept or give a "holy kiss" even if the adult claims to be holy.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/thomas-pinkerton-youth-pastor-arrested-s*x-abuse-baltimore-maryland-rcna224311?fbclid=IwY2xjawMIX0dleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF0WmZQeUM5b2l6QkJ5am5xAR56pLeRSvgoPO0x7NJYY2RuYHV2ZEoFnKjwZ7Z3S3TuJDIyskQpZpEV3GFqIA_aem_gFBbVt_SANv9kEvQkbqouQ&_branch_match_id=1479480272191936467&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=NBC%20News&utm_medium=social&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAwXB226DIAAA0L%2FZYzUY22xJs9BNVtxsh3Z28mLEUrUgULxgX%2FbtO6cdRzO8eJ5iteJuWFXGrGSnhHduyNHQtk1y9npltewuW%2BwKsNwql%2BBf%2FyL5Pp0gQJIRvCRw19W9FNEJ%2BeeeEv6ThAzINRFxWPXhAtNwbb54ms2N%2Fj76y%2BYQFwVIp2KfAxpppD5vjm5okAWnKX7Hj0EQQ02UBx%2FojmFZ8b5s0I7lY5nBw%2FwsopkIdtcTefqz%2FMqt7VRTMqvdwO32rbW65%2F8wDair2QAAAA%3D%3D

The alleged abuse occurred from 2006 to 2010 at the pastor’s home and at an Assemblies of God church in Baltimore County, Maryland, authorities said.

08/07/2025

Because the survivors' voices deserve to be heard above the din.

08/04/2025

(Trigger warning) Teen boys. A charismatic leader without boundaries and no accountability. May we learn from their stories.