Beyond Desolate: Hope Versus Hate in the Rubble of Sexual Abuse. This item is unavailable.Beyond Desolate: Hope Versus Hate in the Rubble of Sexual Abuse

Once upon a time in a faraway land, a long, long, time ago, a beautiful girl lived in a royal palace. And as many daughters of kings do, she waited for the day when her Prince Charming would arrive on the scene, recognize her beauty, and fall in love with her. Prince Charming never came. She didn’t live happily ever after. Something devastating happened. Her brother raped her. Her brother. Like an unannounced tornado that touches down before unsuspecting city-dwellers have a chance to take cover, sexual abuse blindsides victims in its wake. Against the backdrop of torment, Jesus, a fellow-sufferer, speakes into our anguish and paves the road toward a life beyond desolate. Beyond Desolate proclaims hope into a world not absent of ache, but a world where He bleeds with us and brings us a new song.

Tammy Schultz is department chair and professor of counseling at the Graduate School in Counseling and Interpersonal Relations at Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind. She has taught and counseled in the U.S. and Canada. Dr. Schultz joined the Grace College faculty in 1995. She earned a certificate from Winnipeg Bible College, a B.A. from the University of Winnipeg, a M.A. in counseling from Winnipeg Theological Seminary, a M.A. in counseling from the University of North Dakota, and a Ph.D. from Indiana State University. Hannah Estabrook, M.A., received a master’s degree in counseling from Grace College in 2007. Since then she has utilized her skills in community mental health, home-based therapy, and pastoral counseling. She is the co-founder of AVAH! Ministries, an organization that provides seminars for women on a variety of topics such as body image, sexuality, prayer, and friendship. She is passionate about her work counseling survivors of sexual abuse and sex-trafficking. She currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Brian.