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We discuss:

1) The intricately woven places childhood sexual crimes hide in our lives, in our thoughts and in our beliefs.

o I’m not safe – no one is safe

o Everyone lies

o God is guilty of bad things

o I need to turn to an addiction to stop the confusion and pain

2) When is it okay to take breaks from counseling, EMDR, and other such healing methods

o whenever you need to

o you are in control of your healing

o don’t camp there – move thru

o stopping and incorporating is important

3) How do you pray? Do you cry out to God? Hate him for what happened? Or you just don’t know how to pray

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“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” C.S. Lewis

Join the discussion – why the church is reluctant to have the topic of incest and childhood sexual crimes discussed openly in church.

My guest with me today is Tanya. She emailed me about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her brother for years. The church has not offered support, but rather asked her to be quiet or broke relationship with her.

If Jesus came to heal the brokenhearted, why don't we talk about it more in church?

1) Is it Godly to talk about our past sexual abuse?

2) Why do some many want us to keep our stories quiet?

3) How long can we talk about our past abuse before we shouldn't?

This episode discusses why it's important to report these sexual crimes to law enforcement. The importance of protecting the children behind us. Pedophiles rarely change. Their other victims could be saved by us using our mouths to report and testify against the pedophile. We discuss what it was like to report in the 90s and how there are signficant changes now that aide the process. What about a civil lawsuit against your abuser?