🕊️ Where Love Looks Like Jesus: A Conversation on Healing and Homecoming

There are some conversations that stay with you long after the mic is off.

This week on Shalom Speaks, I had the deep privilege of joining Ash Dulin in conversation with two incredible women—Jessica Styles and Stacy Harless—about what it means to find home after being hurt in the very places that were supposed to be safe. We called the episode “Where Love Looks Like Jesus”, and honestly, I can’t think of a better way to describe what unfolded.

Jessica and Stacy didn’t offer polished answers or pat theology. They brought their whole selves—the heartbreak, the healing, the in-process parts—and invited us into a space where truth and tenderness could coexist. Both of them have deep roots in the church. And both of them have stories marked by real wounding at the hands of religious institutions. But their stories don’t end there.

What moved me most was the way they told their stories—not with bitterness, but with sacred clarity. With hope that isn’t naïve, but earned. They talked about what it took to come back to community, what trust looks like now, and how God kept showing up even in the rubble.

This conversation reminded me of something I deeply believe:

Healing doesn’t mean pretending the pain didn’t happen.

It means we refuse to let the pain define us forever.

We reflected on the kind of love that doesn’t just welcome people back—it welcomes them home. A love that actually looks like Jesus: honest, open-handed, and wildly gracious.

If you’ve ever been hurt by the church, or if you love someone who has… If you’re trying to hold onto faith when trust is fragile… Or if you just need to hear that healing is still possible and God isn’t done with your story yet— I hope you’ll take time to listen.

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As always, our prayer with Shalom Speaks is that these conversations would make space—space for courage, space for healing, and space for the Spirit to work in surprising ways.

Thanks for journeying with us. 

Shalom Y’all —Bob

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