Those with abortion in their past can be among the most impactful advocates for life. Their personal experience cannot be denied, and their cautionary tales can reach even the most determined abortion minded women. Knowing how to speak with those who have abortion in their past can not only lead women to healing but lead them to speak out in defense of others. This week we are joined by Jack and Sheila Harper as well as Tori Shaw as they share their stories and insights.
Resources
I Had a Secret for Seventeen Years
I Had A Secret for Seventeen Years is the redemptive life story of Tori Shaw, centered around her abortion as a teenager. She spent years covered by guilt and shame while enduring continual abandonment and rejection. Childhood experiences taught her to hide hardship, so she silently dealt with depression, fear, anxiety, self-loathing, and addictions. After hiding her dark secret for seventeen years, Tori shares her story with the world.
Healing for the Brokenhearted
A new method of assisting grieving mothers and fathers of aborted babies has given birth to participatory photography. It is both rich in meaning and powerful in its ability to make a difference in the lives it touches.
Angela Forker was a missionary of 15 years when she felt the Lord calling her to become a photographer of newborn babies.
Photographing babies was a positive and whimsical vocation. Still, another diversion in her professional life lay ahead.
When Angela felt led to photograph a series of women who lost children to abortion, she was at first reluctant. That is until realizing her images brought peace and closure to the gaping emotional wounds inflicted by abortion.
Guests
Sheila Harper is the Founder and President of SaveOne, an international outreach ministry for men, women, and families suffering in silence after an abortion.
She holds a Master’s degree in biblical counseling and is the author of 10 books. SaveOne-A Guide to Emotional Healing after Abortion her first book has been translated and distributed in 20 languages.
She has been featured in many magazines and articles about her work in the abortion recovery field and has appeared on The 700 Club, and most recently had the great honor of being named one of “Huck’s Heroes” on The Mike Huckabee Show.
Jack Harper is the Vice President, and Men’s Director for SaveOne.
He has fought in this battle for the unborn since the inception of SaveOne in 2000. Jack has supported SaveOne as a board member, a liaison to the global church, a travel partner, and through financial support. In 2018 Jack joined in full time ministry on the staff of SaveOne.
Tori Shaw is a mother, author, speaker, and director of Not Forgotten Ministries.
Through her ministry work and opportunities to speak, as well as her book, I Had a Secret for Seventeen Years, Tori hopes to touch the lives of many post-abortive men and women, encouraging them to trust God with their secrets.
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