Pornography & Our Stories of Desire (Part of the Sexual Abuse series)

The Allender Center Podcast

The Allender Center

Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Christianity, Trauma, Health & Fitness, Theology

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🗓️ 12 March 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Many of us encounter pornography at some point in our lives - often, our first exposure is during adolescence. Whether we encountered pornography intentionally or not, it is a form of sexual abuse that can lead to shame and a distorted view of our own desire. In an effort to stop living at war with our desire, and to redeem it, we need to understand our own sexual abuse stories.

This week, we’re joined by Jay Stringer, a licensed mental health counselor, ordained minister, and author of the award-winning book “Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing.” @jay_stringer_’s passion is to equip the church with resources to change the conversation on sexual brokenness. He shares with us some stories that can help us examine our own stories as we move towards redemption.

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0:00.0	Here at the Allender Center podcast and on our blog, we've done a lot of content and material on sexual abuse because we really believe that healing from sexual abuse is core to our mission.
0:19.3	Over the next couple of weeks, we're going to be joined by multiple guests as we engage some elements of sexual abuse is core to our mission. Over the next couple of weeks, we're going to be
0:21.3	joined by multiple guests as we engage some elements of sexual abuse that aren't typically
0:26.2	talked about as sexual abuse. We're going to talk about pornography as a form of sexual abuse.
0:31.3	We're going to talk about systems of supremacy as forms of sexual abuse. And then we're going to
0:36.0	close our time leaning into the life and
0:38.1	ministry of Jesus and thinking more theologically about what healing is possible when we've been
0:43.7	harmed and experienced sexual harm. We know anytime we're engaging in a topic like sexual
0:48.8	abuse, those of us who are having the conversation and listening may have experienced sexual harm.
0:55.3	So just consider this a kind trigger warning that we're going to be engaging this topic,
0:59.6	but also consider it an invitation to lean in and join us over the next few weeks. Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast.
1:25.1	I'm Dr. Dan Allender.
1:27.0	And I'm Rachel Clinton-Chen.
1:28.8	We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.
1:33.0	And restoration for the heart.
1:35.5	Thank you for joining us.
1:36.9	Let's get this conversation started. We normally don't begin with a trigger warning, but this is a topic that if you've got young children or you happen to be a young children, it's probably
2:04.4	somewhat kind to know that we're going to be talking about sexual abuse, pornography,
2:10.7	and some of the debris that comes.
2:13.6	But I also want to say that we've got such a dear friend, colleague, and truly a wise man to join
2:24.9	us, Rachel. J. Stringer, author of Unwanted, and I think I don't often remember what I write for an endorsement, but I know that one of the things I said is this is one of the most important books on sexuality, particularly broken and redemptive sexuality I've ever read.
2:47.2	So, Jay, to have you with us again, it's a great honor.
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