Brad keeps a big secret for far too long a time. Guest hosted by Cyndi Freeman.

🎤Live Story: The Big Secret by Brad Lawrence

(Content note: child sexual abuse, murder, suicide) In a church where guilt is weaponized and silence rewarded, teenage Brad listens to a friend's secret that echoes into adulthood, long past her violent death.

keywords: abortion, church youth group, evangelical guilt, childhood abuse, shame, U2, murder, strangulation

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