Ruth Everhart ist eine Autorin und presbyterianische Pastorin, die Bücher und Artikel für diejenigen schreibt, die es wagen zu glauben, dass Jesus das Leben von Frauen wertschätzt. Ihre Arbeit erforscht tiefgründige spirituelle Wahrheiten und deren Auswirkungen auf die Erfahrungen von Frauen. Durch ihr Schreiben ermutigt Everhart die Leser, ihren eigenen Wert und Glauben anzunehmen. Ihre Stimme ist eine der Hoffnung und Ermächtigung für alle, die Verbindung innerhalb eines Glaubens suchen, der sie willkommen heißt.
The #MeToo movement has revealed sexual abuse in every sphere of society, including the church. But all too often, churches have been complicit in protecting abusers, reinforcing patriarchal power dynamics, and creating cultures of secrecy, shame, and silence. Disclosing candid stories of abuse, pastor and survivor Ruth Everhart offers God's hope to survivors while shining a light on the prevalence of sexual misconduct within faith communities.
2017 Christianity Today Book Award winner ("CT Women" category) "It happened on a Sunday night, even though I'd been a good girl and gone to church that morning." One brisk November evening during her senior year at a small Midwestern Christian college, two armed intruders broke into the house Ruth Everhart shared with her roommates, held all five girls hostage, and took turns raping them at gunpoint. Reeling with fear, insecurity, and guilt, Ruth believed she was ruined, both physically and in the eyes of God. In the days and weeks that followed, Ruth struggled to come to grips with not only what happened that night but why. The same questions raced through her mind in an unrelenting loop--questions that would continue to haunt her for years to come: Why me? Where was God? Why did God allow this to happen? What am I being punished for? Told with candor and unflinching honesty, Ruined is an extraordinary emotional and spiritual journey that begins with an unspeakable act of violence but ends with tremendous healing and profound spiritual insights about faith, forgiveness, and the will of God.