A short YouTube monologue (by Nick Stumbo) reflecting on pastors' difficulty addressing sexual issues—such as pornography addiction—because of limited training and familiarity. The speaker argues sexual struggles are common human experiences and calls for more conversant, educated pastoral responses rather than silence.
And even though we are all sexual beings, I think a pastor may feel that way. If someone says, you know, I've been acting out in this particular way, or I've been addicted to pornography, if it's not their world, if it's not their context, like, what do I even say? And. And so I think you're right, that, that, that lack of knowledge, lack of training, and lack of just familiarity with the conversation itself keeps us silent. And yet the truth that we are all sexual beings and we're all facing some level of sexual brokenness, growing up in a fallen, sinful world, says that we can be more conversant, we can be more educated in this, because it's not a bizarre, unique thing for a few people. It's part of our human experience.
