“It’s not just that I’m angry,” one counselee told me. “I feel like I lost my family.” That sentence captures a painful reality about church hurt. In After Church Hurt, I define church hurt as “any unrepentant sin that is minimized, normalized, or protected by a...
For the past several years, a counseling burden we’ve seen increase is “church hurt.” By church hurt, I’m referring to any unrepentant sin that is minimized, normalized, or possibly promoted by a church community and/or a church’s leadership. At first, I didn’t like...
Looking for the notes to this session? Download them here! In times of trouble, your church should be eager to weep with you (Rom 12:15), bear your burdens (Gal 6:2), and patiently walk with you toward Christ (1Thess 5:14). But where do you turn for help when the...
Looking for the notes to this session? Download them here! Every church family must have a culture that moves toward the hurting, that gently bears their burdens, and that patiently walks with them toward Christ. Sadly, this type of care is often only available within...
What comes to mind when you hear the term “abuse”? Maybe you imagine crime scenes, physical violence, or torture. Perhaps just the sight of this word causes your radar to go up because it seems to be so overused and underdefined. My hope with this blog is to bring...