Evangelical Denial and Shiny Happy People

Selective listening is hurting the church. It hurts survivors too.

The first house my first husband and I bought was an outdated cinderblock house with a flat roof and three tiny bedrooms. It was barely a thousand square feet, built in the 50’s, and carpeted in the early 80’s. When we discovered the original floors were hardwood, we decided to pull up the matted blue shag. It’s the first time I got a good visual of wha…