I am grateful for the news coverage that allows me to see what is happening with our world, the many disasters and the devastation being caused by them. Though I often find myself weeping as I listen to the stories of those who are victims, my heart has compassion for them and the desire to help. I don't know what it is like to see a cloud of volcanic ash/lava moving toward my home, nor do I know what it is like to have any other devastating disasters, natural or man-caused, threaten my life. So I will help in whatever way I can ... donations, prayers, acknowledgement of their suffering.
So, too, I am grateful to the #MeToo movement for increasing my awareness of the sexually abusive situations women of all ages have been forced into. I am thankful to the media and those who bravely share their personal stories. I am thankful that it gives courage and strength to those abused as they realize they are not alone.
Again, I read with renewed horror these words taken directly from Toby Sumpter's blog: "As I have taken aim over the last few weeks and fired my Daisy BB gun at the #MeToo shrine of holy victimhood, I have had a few folks wonder why I have taken such a negative view towards the whole thing ... Shouldn't a Christian pastor rejoice even if one woman was set free by the #MeToo movement? Let me see. The answer is no. Absolutely not. Never. Not in a million years. Nope. Nada (that's Spanish for Hell, no.)"
How can he so blatantly deny the goodness that has come from #MeToo. Unreal. Totally unreal. And even more unreal - this man still calls himself a pastor, a servant of Christ. His words and attitude are more damaging than any disaster - and, sadly, his is man made.
Lorna Bickerdyke
Moscow
