I learned an important lesson when I preached a two-part message at my church about the emotions of Jesus: never use the entire bag of glitter confetti.
My church recently dedicated a Sunday to talking about abuse. Our pastor shared about why our church thinks it’s important to talk about abuse, then I shared a message about domestic abuse. One of our musicians sang a song that our pastor and an abuse survivor wrote together…
This is a conversation with someone who has experienced sexual assault. It’s a longer version of a dialogue I included in a post about sexual abuse on the Jesus Creed blog. My post there talks about how church leaders can help abuse victims by the way they talk about sex.