Healing from Sexual Abuse

Sex Chat for Christian Wives

Chris Taylor

Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Sexuality, Christianity

4.7 • 885 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Episode 64: Healing from Sexual Abuse, with Mary DeMuth

Many of our listeners are survivors of sexual abuse, or we know someone who is. We'd like to talk today about how that trauma shapes survivors, how it affects their marriages, what healing looks like, and what we can do as the church to support survivors.

We are joined by Mary DeMuth, an advocate, author, and survivor herself. Mary has a new book coming out August 13: We Too: How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis.

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From the Bible

What does God have to say about healing and sexual abuse?

Luke 4:17-21 - . . . and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,because he has anointed meto proclaim good news to the poor.He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisonersand recovery of sight for the blind,to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. He began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."

Luke 10:25-37 - The Good Samaritan

The Book of Job

Genesis 1:2 - Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sex Chat for Christian Wives.
0:12.1	We're four marriage and sex bloggers discuss the naked truth.
0:16.0	What does God really want for the sexual intimacy in our marriage?
0:20.0	I'm Jay Parker of Hot Holy and Humorous.
0:22.7	I'm Chris Taylor from The Forgiven Wife.
0:24.9	I'm Gay Christmas of Calm, Healthy, Sexy.
0:27.7	I'm Bonnie Burns of Oyster Bed 7. Many of our listeners are survivors of sexual abuse or know someone who is.
0:46.6	We'd like to talk today about how that trauma shapes survivors, how it affects their marriages,
0:52.2	what healing looks like, and what we can do is the church to support survivors.
0:57.3	We're joined today by Mary Dumuth, an advocate, author, and survivor herself.
1:02.5	Mary has a new book coming out, August 12th.
1:05.6	Did I get that date right?
1:07.2	August 13th.
1:08.2	So close.
1:09.3	So close.
1:10.5	Called We Too, How the Church Can Responditively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis.
1:16.5	Mary, thank you so much for joining us for this important conversation. I'd like to start out by just inviting you to share what you would like about your own story and what brought you to this important work.
1:29.2	Right. So I grew up in a difficult situation, a lot of neglect, abuse, drug abuse in the home,
1:38.7	dangerous neighborhoods, and lots of just things that were difficult.
1:44.6	And when I was five years old, I was sexually abused for that whole year, my kindergarten year.
1:49.9	And I actually did an unusual thing.
1:52.5	I told my babysitter what was going on, which is usually that doesn't happen.
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