The more you know, the better you can protect those you love. Joy Beth Smith
I remember the distraught of many when Stephen Collins, the cherished patriarch and parishioner on the hit show 7th Heaven, was revealed as a child molester. Though he only played a pastor on TV, it was hard to imagine the walls of our church, even those on our small screens, compromised with such sin. Stephen Collins and Josh Duggar and Jordan Root are high-profile examples of a low-level truth: the sin is already inside our churches and our communities. s*xual predators are among us, and it requires much more than a few cagey conversations with your kids to fight this evil.…continue reading
