I was in the backseat of my parents' car and I remember the precise intersection where the car stopped and it was kind of a drizzly day.

And I remember where I was looking out the window and it suddenly occurred to me that's that.

Abuse is abuse and that's what happened to me.

And I remember thinking it through and connecting it and kind of going over it and over it

and then feeling it deep in my heart really, I guess, like a punch.

Well, hey friend, welcome to Job with Julie.

I am your host, Julie Slattery, and this podcast is a production of authentic intimacy, which is a ministry

dedicated to helping you make sense of God and sexuality. This episode, I feel, is one of the

most powerful conversations we've had on job with Julie. We're reaching back into our archives

a few years ago to bring this one back for those who didn't get

to hear it the first time around.

My guest is Tim Hime.

Now Tim is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.

And what you're going to hear today is how he allowed God to redeem his sexuality and

reclaim this area of his life so that now he's able to minister to and help others who are

walking through this. Tim is the author of the book Understanding Sexual Abuse, a Guide for

Ministry Leaders and Survivors, and it's really a great resource that I can't recommend

enough, and that's what we're going to be talking about today. Tim is also a minister

at Malvern Uniting Church and the director of discipleship at Uniting College of Leadership and Theology.

Tim writes and speaks from his own experience and his wife has also experienced childhood sexual

abuse. So he brings a lot of personal story to this very important conversation, but he's also done

quite a bit of research.

...