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DISRUPTING THE DARKNESS

In order to disrupt the darkness, we do need to disrupt the culture of silence and shame. Darkness thrives in silence. The Bible calls us to speak up in the face of oppression and abuse. There are so many untold stories and your voice matters.


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Read the stories of women and men who have been the victims of abusive behaviour. These stories were voluntarily sent to Disruptive Voices Pacific by people who have chosen to disrupt the culture of taboo and silence around abuse, porn, sex, dating & relationships.


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The Silent Cry

There is a deep cry in the hearts of hundreds—possibly thousands—of women across the Fiji Islands. It’s a silent cry, a cry for the child you never got to hold in your arms, the child you did not nourish with your breast, the child not sitting at your table. You have secretly named that child and every year on the due date your heart breaks a little more. It was their choice to abort, you wanted to give birth. But you could hear the voices of your parents saying, “This will bring shame on our family.” The father of the…

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Letitia SheltonJuly 15, 2025


Recovering a Lamenting Faith for the Sake of the Suffering

Every Sunday, people walk through the doors of churches carrying deep pain—pain they have never been able to verbalise for fear of judgement and rejection. They wear masks to hide their anguish, singing the songs, praying the prayers, and politely listening to the pastor. But they leave still carrying the weight of unresolved trauma. I think of the sex workers I interviewed on the streets of Suva. Many would still attend church, their pastor unaware of the childhood struggles that led them to the streets—suffering in silence, imprisoned by their past. Just this past week, a woman wrote to me,…

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Letitia SheltonJuly 10, 2025


Lament: The Biblical Language of Trauma

Most days, I encounter someone who has faced significant trauma in their life.   Suffering does not just exist in some corner of our city, hidden away; it is everywhere.   Trauma is the mission field of the 21st Century.  What an opportunity the church has to be a place of healing and hope to so many in our congregations and also in our community, but are we missing it? Trauma has a language, and that is lament.  Trauma needs to be expressed verbally, and lament provides an opportunity for this.   “Laments are prayers that erupt from wounds, burst…

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Letitia SheltonJuly 10, 2025