Rapha's Touch: Healing from Sexual Abuse

by JoAnn Shade

Overview

Sexual abuse has long-lasting, life-altering consequences, but these consequences do not have to be life-destroying. The pages of Rapha's Touch: Healing from Sexual Abuse, extend an invitation to enter the presence of Jehovah-Rapha, the God who heals, the One who mends that which is torn. The story line of Tamar, daughter of King David, whose sexual abuse at the hands of her brother is recounted in the Old Testament is interwoven with snapshots of personal memory around the themes of unstained fabric, damaged remnants, a rag rug, the patchwork quilt, and an exquisite tapestry...

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016060743
Publisher:	Gracednotes Ministries
Publication date:	01/05/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	64 KB

About the Author

JoAnn Streeter Shade has walked alongside many women in a variety of ministry settings for more than 35 years. She has served in Salvation Army congregations and social service programs, has ministered at North Coast Family Foundation, a Christian counseling center in Northeast Ohio, and has also written extensively about the issues facing women in today’s culture.

She is married to Larry, and is the mother of three sons. With an M.A. in pastoral counseling and a D.Min. in the Women in Prophetic Leadership track from Ashland Theological Seminary, she combines her academic training with a writer’s eye, a pastor’s heart and a grandmother’s joy as she serves the body of Christ through Gracednotes Minis-tries.