Lisa Salmon
@salmonlisa.bsky.social
“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”
Isaiah 40:8
Brentwood, TN
Isaiah 40:8
Brentwood, TN
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If you want the trauma survivor to understand that God is a refuge, then be one.
June 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If you want the trauma survivor to understand that God is a refuge, then be one.
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Ryan McElrath, 40, now former high school pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Jackson, pled guilty to use of a facility & means of interstate commerce to persuade, induce, entice a minor to engage in criminal sexual acts & has been sentenced to 252 months in prison.
June 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Ryan McElrath, 40, now former high school pastor at Fellowship Bible Church in Jackson, pled guilty to use of a facility & means of interstate commerce to persuade, induce, entice a minor to engage in criminal sexual acts & has been sentenced to 252 months in prison.
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“When a willing victim, who has committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead … the Table would crack and death itself would start working backwards.” www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/died...
Died: Jennifer Lyell, SBC Abuse Survivor and Former Lifeway Executive - Christianity Today
Once one of the highest-ranking women at a Southern Baptist entity, she fought public perception and legal fallout after reporting alleged abuse by a seminary professor.
www.christianitytoday.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“When a willing victim, who has committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead … the Table would crack and death itself would start working backwards.” www.christianitytoday.com/2025/06/died...
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How the head of an embattled Tennessee youth detention center held on to power for decades despite multiple investigations, the use of seclusion
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How the head of an embattled Tennessee youth detention center held on to power for decades
Richard L. Bean remained in his perch as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name despite scandals, investigations, and the use of seclusion to punish children.
wpln.org
June 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
How the head of an embattled Tennessee youth detention center held on to power for decades despite multiple investigations, the use of seclusion
wpln.org/post/how-the... @paigepfleger.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social
wpln.org/post/how-the... @paigepfleger.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social
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The bad news is that when we dehumanize others we dehumanize ourselves in the process. The good news is that when we rehumanize others, we also rehumanize ourselves.
May 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The bad news is that when we dehumanize others we dehumanize ourselves in the process. The good news is that when we rehumanize others, we also rehumanize ourselves.
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Tennessee foster kids are “deteriorating physically, psychologically, emotionally and educationally"
Class action lawsuit by a team of national child welfare attorneys catalogues systemic failures in states' care of kids
tennesseelookout.com/2025/05/21/l... @tennesseelookout.com
Class action lawsuit by a team of national child welfare attorneys catalogues systemic failures in states' care of kids
tennesseelookout.com/2025/05/21/l... @tennesseelookout.com
Lawsuit: ‘Tennessee’s foster care system is failing children it is intended to protect’ • Tennessee Lookout
A lawsuit filed on behalf of 13 children against the Tennessee Department of Children's Services alleges kids kept in unsafe institutions.
tennesseelookout.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Tennessee foster kids are “deteriorating physically, psychologically, emotionally and educationally"
Class action lawsuit by a team of national child welfare attorneys catalogues systemic failures in states' care of kids
tennesseelookout.com/2025/05/21/l... @tennesseelookout.com
Class action lawsuit by a team of national child welfare attorneys catalogues systemic failures in states' care of kids
tennesseelookout.com/2025/05/21/l... @tennesseelookout.com
Kudos to the persistent individuals who spoke out. It shouldn’t take 40 years to stop a serial child predator.
We spent 6 months investigating a children’s pastor accused of being a serial rapist.
His accusers have spent 40 years fighting to stop him.
Today he works for disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker and runs a secluded camp for kids in the Ozarks.
My latest w/ @ahylton26.bsky.social for @nbcnews.com
His accusers have spent 40 years fighting to stop him.
Today he works for disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker and runs a secluded camp for kids in the Ozarks.
My latest w/ @ahylton26.bsky.social for @nbcnews.com
A preacher’s dark secret: Sleepovers, porn and sex abuse allegations dating back decades
Joe Campbell says his calling is to share God’s love, but a group of women say he sexually abused them as girls. An NBC News investigation uncovered decades of missed warnings and failures to act.
www.nbcnews.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Kudos to the persistent individuals who spoke out. It shouldn’t take 40 years to stop a serial child predator.
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"When I dispair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seemed invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it... always." Mahatma Gandhi
May 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"When I dispair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seemed invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it... always." Mahatma Gandhi
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A sobering truth on display at The New England Holocaust Memorial. A message that is still true today.
April 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A sobering truth on display at The New England Holocaust Memorial. A message that is still true today.
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You will never meet, talk to, walk with, or work beside a human being who has not been purposefully knit together by the hands of our Father. Never. We are all one race, and in that race, all are image bearers. There are no exceptions.
March 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You will never meet, talk to, walk with, or work beside a human being who has not been purposefully knit together by the hands of our Father. Never. We are all one race, and in that race, all are image bearers. There are no exceptions.
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Pain is a protest that something is wrong, yet often we rush to quiet it. Healing begins when we make space for lament.
Join me & Phil Moore as we discuss lament in the Church:
Why it matters.
How it helps survivors.
How we can create a culture that truly listens.
Register now - buff.ly/7SZIELd
Join me & Phil Moore as we discuss lament in the Church:
Why it matters.
How it helps survivors.
How we can create a culture that truly listens.
Register now - buff.ly/7SZIELd
March 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Pain is a protest that something is wrong, yet often we rush to quiet it. Healing begins when we make space for lament.
Join me & Phil Moore as we discuss lament in the Church:
Why it matters.
How it helps survivors.
How we can create a culture that truly listens.
Register now - buff.ly/7SZIELd
Join me & Phil Moore as we discuss lament in the Church:
Why it matters.
How it helps survivors.
How we can create a culture that truly listens.
Register now - buff.ly/7SZIELd
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A truth-teller disturbs, alerts, awakens, and warns against indifference to injustice and complacency about the needs of human beings. To be silent about injustices in this world is to be a partner with those who carry out violence, evil, and corruption.
March 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A truth-teller disturbs, alerts, awakens, and warns against indifference to injustice and complacency about the needs of human beings. To be silent about injustices in this world is to be a partner with those who carry out violence, evil, and corruption.
Support services for domestic violence and sexual assault victims are crucial. Inadequate resources for these services have dire consequences not only on the direct victims but also on those that rely on them or those they rely on.
Federal funding for victims of crime has decreased over the last few years, but 35 states established funds to keep domestic violence shelters and sexual assault centers open and counselors for child abuse victims on the job.
Tennessee is not one of those states, reports @anitawadhwani.bsky.social
Tennessee is not one of those states, reports @anitawadhwani.bsky.social
Tennessee victim-serving agencies warn cuts will be 'catastrophic' if Gov. Bill Lee fails to act • Tennessee Lookout
A looming budget crisis threatens the future viability of scores of Tennessee nonprofits that keep domestic violence shelters open.
tennesseelookout.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Support services for domestic violence and sexual assault victims are crucial. Inadequate resources for these services have dire consequences not only on the direct victims but also on those that rely on them or those they rely on.
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"Truly I tell you," said Jesus, "whatever you did to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine—feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for the sick, welcoming the stranger, visiting the prisoner—you did it to me." (Matt 25:40) #ThisIsJesus
February 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Truly I tell you," said Jesus, "whatever you did to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine—feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for the sick, welcoming the stranger, visiting the prisoner—you did it to me." (Matt 25:40) #ThisIsJesus
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“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
~ Proverbs 31:8, 9
~ Proverbs 31:8, 9
February 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
~ Proverbs 31:8, 9
~ Proverbs 31:8, 9
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Johnson City has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by women who alleged police failed to investigate their sexual assaults and conspired to shield a serial rapist from justice. From @anitawadhwani.bsky.social.
Johnson City settles serial rapist class action lawsuit for $28M • Tennessee Lookout
Johnson City will pay $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit by women who alleged police failed to investigate their sexual assaults.
tennesseelookout.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Johnson City has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by women who alleged police failed to investigate their sexual assaults and conspired to shield a serial rapist from justice. From @anitawadhwani.bsky.social.
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Have you ever witnessed the repentance of the leadership team of a church? open.substack.com/pub/michelle...
About-Face, Church
If the word “repent” conjures images of 1980’s street preachers with bullhorns yelling “Turn or burn!” at passing crowds, I’d like to use a bit of imagination and longing to offer an alternative portr...
open.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Have you ever witnessed the repentance of the leadership team of a church? open.substack.com/pub/michelle...
This passage crossed my mind today.
Isaiah 1:5,6
Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head
there is no soundness—
only wounds and welts
and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged
or soothed with olive oil.
Isaiah 1:5,6
Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head
there is no soundness—
only wounds and welts
and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged
or soothed with olive oil.
"Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen,for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.
Wash yourselves and be clean!
...Give up your evil ways.
Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows..."
Wash yourselves and be clean!
...Give up your evil ways.
Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows..."
February 13, 2025 at 4:51 AM
This passage crossed my mind today.
Isaiah 1:5,6
Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head
there is no soundness—
only wounds and welts
and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged
or soothed with olive oil.
Isaiah 1:5,6
Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head
there is no soundness—
only wounds and welts
and open sores,
not cleansed or bandaged
or soothed with olive oil.
“But as Firefly demonstrates, the abuse was carried out or covered up by a variety of people in the church and fell into consistent patterns. Also, kids today are being abused by their pastors. But like Bickle, the pastors aren’t going to be caught for another 20 to 30 years.”
We often talk about pastors disqualifying themselves from the ministry due to abuse. But at some point, we need to start calling out entire churches as disqualifying themselves from ministry. I make the case for this in my latest piece on IHOPKC. baptistnews.com/article/when...
When a church’s sexual abuse is so pernicious the church should close
“The nation of Israel was born because Joseph went to prison,” former IHOPKC pastor Mike Bickle told the congregation in what would become his final sermon in October,2023. “He’s thrown in prison beca...
baptistnews.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“But as Firefly demonstrates, the abuse was carried out or covered up by a variety of people in the church and fell into consistent patterns. Also, kids today are being abused by their pastors. But like Bickle, the pastors aren’t going to be caught for another 20 to 30 years.”
“Until 2016, we lived in a democracy governed mostly by elected officials who loved this country and wanted to do right by it, even if they held sharply divergent views of “right.” Now we live in a country governed by a party of cruelty…
We have to stay heartbroken about this.”
We have to stay heartbroken about this.”
It’s only been three weeks, but already I am exhausted by my own fury. I emailed Kate DiCamillo and asked for help. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
Opinion | Tenderness as an Act of Resistance (Gift Article)
They are trying to overwhelm us and force us to look away. But we must not.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“Until 2016, we lived in a democracy governed mostly by elected officials who loved this country and wanted to do right by it, even if they held sharply divergent views of “right.” Now we live in a country governed by a party of cruelty…
We have to stay heartbroken about this.”
We have to stay heartbroken about this.”
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BREAKING NEWS! TEXAS - Senator Angela Paxton has filed Senate Joint Resolution 51 and Senate Bill 1167 aimed at eliminating the civil statute of limitations for survivors of child sexual abuse, allowing them to seek justice at any time.
February 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
BREAKING NEWS! TEXAS - Senator Angela Paxton has filed Senate Joint Resolution 51 and Senate Bill 1167 aimed at eliminating the civil statute of limitations for survivors of child sexual abuse, allowing them to seek justice at any time.
“Every one of us must do everything in our power to ensure abusers…
are dismissed from positions of community leadership. We must all work to change the discourse in the community, so that shame falls only on the perpetrator and never on the victim, especially when the victim is a helpless child.”
are dismissed from positions of community leadership. We must all work to change the discourse in the community, so that shame falls only on the perpetrator and never on the victim, especially when the victim is a helpless child.”
An excellent article from which Christians could learn so much.
Challenging misconceptions that hinder Muslim response to child abuse
Islamic law and ethics require us to help bring the abusers of children to justice, whoever they may be.
www.aljazeera.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“Every one of us must do everything in our power to ensure abusers…
are dismissed from positions of community leadership. We must all work to change the discourse in the community, so that shame falls only on the perpetrator and never on the victim, especially when the victim is a helpless child.”
are dismissed from positions of community leadership. We must all work to change the discourse in the community, so that shame falls only on the perpetrator and never on the victim, especially when the victim is a helpless child.”
Psalm 33:4-9
4 For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
4 For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
January 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Psalm 33:4-9
4 For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
4 For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
5 The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
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“oh, you think conservative men are terrified of big cities? common mistake. we are actually all just self-taught jason bournes.”
January 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“oh, you think conservative men are terrified of big cities? common mistake. we are actually all just self-taught jason bournes.”
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Apparently, this is what he meant by "drain the swamp:" simply making it far harder to see the swamp.
Eliminating independent oversight is a path toward more corruption, cronyism & misconduct.
Eliminating independent oversight is a path toward more corruption, cronyism & misconduct.
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: 🚨🚨🚨 Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge (GIFT ARTICLE) wapo.st/4azdaNb
Trump fires at least 12 independent inspectors general in late-night purge
The dismissals could clear the way for the president to install loyalists in the crucial role of identifying fraud, waste and abuse in the government.
wapo.st
January 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Apparently, this is what he meant by "drain the swamp:" simply making it far harder to see the swamp.
Eliminating independent oversight is a path toward more corruption, cronyism & misconduct.
Eliminating independent oversight is a path toward more corruption, cronyism & misconduct.