Every nine seconds in the United States, a woman is assaulted or beaten, according to domesticviolencestatistics.org. Domestic violence cannot be stopped, but warning signs and escape plans can...

I remember the heat of the sweltering June sun. I remember hoping to grow  in my faith at Alto Frio Baptist encampment. I remember meeting him. Tall, tan and dreamy, there he was, Thomas Ray Vickery,...