YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - (Page 14) Culture Watch by W a l t M u e l l e r Recently, a man I know—a professing Christian, active in ministry—went away to prison for a long, long time. He was found guilty of more than two-dozen counts related to the sexual molestation and abuse of young girls. My head is spinning. As I’ve tried to get my mind around his actions, their causes, and their ramifications, one thing has become very, very clear: The rocks he threw in the pond have made ripples that will spread far and wide for a long, long time. His choices and actions have ruined relationships, families and individual lives. The reality is that while God’s mercy can result in incremental healing for those who have been victimized by this man either directly or indirectly, every one of them will spend their entire lives—until the day they die—in a boat that rocks on those ripples. Child sexual abuse is at epidemic proportions. Some experts project that by the time teens reach the age of 16, one out of every three girls and one out of every five boys will have been sexually abused. If you’re tempted to think this is the kind of stuff that only happens “out there,” think again. Christianity Today magazine recently reported that in the course of the last three years, an average of 23 new articles each day have appeared in secular media sources revealing sexual abuse allegations in Protestant churches in the United States. It is estimated that there are now 60 million survivors of childhood sexual abuse living in America today. The sexual that steals a survivor’s innocence leaves lots of other junk in the hole once occupied by innocence. Survivors spend a lifetime struggling with a variety of resultant problems including fear, anxiety, nightmares, sleeplessness, depression, anger, hostility, inappropriate sexual behavior, an inability to love or be loved, poor self-esteem, a tendency toward substance abuse and difficulty with close relationships. It’s likely they will withdraw from friends 14 March/April 2009 | YouthWorkerJournal.com http://www.YouthWorkerJournal.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 Contents Feedback Youth Culture Update Culture Watch Encountering God Campus Ministry The Urban Take Sight Unseen Worldview Soul Care Managing Your Ministry 10 Minutes in God's Word From IQ to CQ Caring Amidst Crisis Risky Business When Tragedy Gets Personal Deaths in the Family Stopping Suicide Blessed Are They Who Mourn Healing the Healer Resources for Working with Crisis Tools Stirring it Up YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 (Page Cover1) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 (Page Cover2) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 (Page 3) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 (Page 4) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 (Page 1) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Contents (Page 2) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Contents (Page 3) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Contents (Page 4) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Contents (Page 5) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Feedback (Page 6) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Feedback (Page 7) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Youth Culture Update (Page 8) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Youth Culture Update (Page 9) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Youth Culture Update (Page 10) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Youth Culture Update (Page 11) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Youth Culture Update (Page 12) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Youth Culture Update (Page 13) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Culture Watch (Page 14) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Culture Watch (Page 15) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Encountering God (Page 16) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Campus Ministry (Page 17) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - The Urban Take (Page 18) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Sight Unseen (Page 19) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Worldview (Page 20) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Worldview (Page 21) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Soul Care (Page 22) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Managing Your Ministry (Page 23) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - 10 Minutes in God's Word (Page 24) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - 10 Minutes in God's Word (Page 25) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - From IQ to CQ (Page 26) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - From IQ to CQ (Page 27) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - From IQ to CQ (Page 28) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - From IQ to CQ (Page 29) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - From IQ to CQ (Page 30) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - From IQ to CQ (Page 31) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - From IQ to CQ (Page 32) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - From IQ to CQ (Page 33) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Caring Amidst Crisis (Page 34) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Caring Amidst Crisis (Page 35) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Caring Amidst Crisis (Page 36) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Caring Amidst Crisis (Page 37) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Risky Business (Page 38) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Risky Business (Page 39) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - When Tragedy Gets Personal (Page 40) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - When Tragedy Gets Personal (Page 41) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Deaths in the Family (Page 42) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Deaths in the Family (Page 43) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Stopping Suicide (Page 44) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Stopping Suicide (Page 45) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Blessed Are They Who Mourn (Page 46) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Blessed Are They Who Mourn (Page 47) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Healing the Healer (Page 48) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Healing the Healer (Page 49) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Resources for Working with Crisis (Page 50) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Resources for Working with Crisis (Page 51) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Tools (Page 52) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Tools (Page 53) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Tools (Page 54) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Tools (Page 55) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Tools (Page 56) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Tools (Page 57) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Tools (Page 58) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Tools (Page 59) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Tools (Page 60) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Tools (Page 61) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Tools (Page 62) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Tools (Page 63) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Stirring it Up (Page 64) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Stirring it Up (Page Cover3) YouthWorker Journal - March/April 2009 - Stirring it Up (Page Cover4)
For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.