Victims of abuse are often told they're too emotional, too reactive, too bitter, too unforgiving, or have too little faith. But what if they are responding to trauma exactly how we were designed to respond? Many abuse survivors cannot physically walk into a church building because of their past trauma.

In this episode, Jimmy and Clara unpack the reasons why, describe why churches are often terrible hospitals for the injured, and how we can better respond.

Intro--
Film Glitch by Snowflake (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/56350 Ft: reusenoise

Outro--
I Have Often Told You Stories (guitar instrumental) by Ivan Chew (c) copyright 2013 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/ramblinglibrarian/41284