This week I sit down with author and ministry worker Caryn Rivandeneira to talk about what happens when sexual harassment happens in church. Do we treat it the same as when it happens in secular workplaces? Is there room for grace and redemption for the perpetrator? What is the best way for churches to support victims? Caryn and I delve into all of this and more on this week's episode.
The #MeToo movement has opened our eyes to the prevalence of harassment in the workplace, and #ChurchToo helped us see that it wasn't just a problem for the secular world. It seems that in the church the problem has both greater capacity to harm and also a greater call to respond in a way that loves and protects the victim first and foremost but also loves appropriately the perpetrator. It's messy, challenging work, but Caryn and I explore what that might look like this week.
Connect with Caryn! You can find her information at her website or follow her on Twitter and FaceBook.
Also discussed in the show:
The Age of Innocence by Edit Wharton
Wonder by R.J. Palacio