Karen St Peter, Lynn Jarvi, and host Lois Matson have a frank discussion about sexual abuse. They cover many subjects, including the definition of abuse, how a survivor is affected, how abuse is  a sin, the complexity of statistics, grooming, healthy relationships and safe/unsafe people, the importance of support groups, and the difficulty (and necessity) of forgiveness.

The ALC Balm of Gilead is a ministry of the Apostolic Lutheran Church of America. Resources and help are available at their website: https://alcbalmofgilead.com/

 Sexual abuse is hard. If you're a survivor and you need help, please contact your local pastor or a counselor. If you have no one to talk to, please contact Lois at [email protected]. She will find resources in your local area.

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Intro and outro vocals created with the voices from LOVO @ www.lovo.ai.