Episode 40: Dear Pastor (part 2)

Welcome to Hope for Wives

With your co-hostesses:

Pam Blizzard from RecoveredPeace.com
Lyschel Burket from HopeRedefined.org
Bonny Burns from StrongWives.com

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Welcome to another episode of Hope For Wives. Today, we are continuing our conversation around the church’s response to betrayal trauma, sex addiction, and sexual issues in marriage. Last episode we shared stories of churches that have responded well and churches that responded poorly. We finish this topic by brainstorming solutions for the leadership of churches to consider in this vulnerable and tender area of sex and betrayal.

We Will be Discussing:

What would you tell Pastor’s about the consequence problematic porn viewing has on the husband?
What would you tell Pastor’s about couple’s who come to them with sexual issues in their marriage?
What hope can we leave?

Resources mentioned in this show:

Brain, Heart, World is a Docuseries about the harmful effects of pornography

Fight the New Drug is a non-profit, non-religious, non-political entity that stands against the harms of porn.

Heart of Man is a movie that Pam mentioned regarding father wounds. Here is a link to watch it on Amazon for 1.99.

Here is a journal article on the topic mentioned by Lyschel, Compulsive Internet Pornography Use and Mental Health.

The Healing Church: What Churches Get Wrong about Pornography and How to Fix It.

APSATS (association of partners of sex addicts trauma specialists) have a special training for religious leaders, BTRL (Betrayal Trauma Religious Leader). Find out more about it here.

The Great Sex Rescue by Sheila Wray Gregoire

For Christian Wives podcast – a tasteful round table discussion about sexual experience and sexuality. Disclaimer: the audience is intended to be the general population of Christian wives (not necessarily betrayed partners), trauma informed.

Scripture references:

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Transcript

Thank you for sitting in with us today. Our deepest desire is that you will find encouragement, insight, and maybe even a laugh or two in the many episodes to come. We will talk with you again in two weeks.

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