Has God really experienced the same pain and suffering we have? Speaker, author, and trauma counselor Sheila Wise Rowe asked herself this question as a child in post segregated America, and the answer inspired her to later live and work in post apartheid South Africa. Hear her story in this episode of VOICES’ Where Ya From? podcast. Guest Bio: Sheila Wise Rowe is a graduate of Tufts University and Cambridge College with a master’s degree in counseling psychology. For over 25 years she has counseled abuse and trauma survivors in the United States. Sheila ministered to homeless and abused women and children in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she also taught counseling and trauma related courses for a decade. She is the cofounder of The Cyrene Movement, an online community for people of color seeking healing for racial trauma. She is the author of Young, Gifted, and Black; Healing Racial Trauma; The Well of Life: Heal Your Pain; Satisfy Your Thirst; Live Your Purpose; and The Wonder Years. She lives in the Boston area, where she is a writer, counselor, speaker, and spiritual director. Notes & Quotes: • “God meets us in those places of pain and . . . He grieves with us.” • “The Lord is inviting us to come to Him with that and . . . He will give us what we need.” Links Mentioned: • Learn more about Sheila on her website (https://sheilawiserowe.com/home) . • Read Sheila’s books, Young, Gifted, and Black (https://www.amazon.com/Young Gifted Black Journey Celebration/dp/1514003554) and Healing Racial Trauma (https://www.amazon.com/Healing Racial Trauma Road Resilience/dp/0830845887/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/144 2998760 7126943?pd_rd_w=0nq6N&content id=amzn1.sym.7f0cf323 50c6 49e3 b3f9 63546bb79c92&pf_rd_p=7f0cf323 50c6 49e3 b3f9 63546bb79c92&pf_rd_r=REBA1Z4GEXGZDHKH6S5F&pd_rd_wg=qPZtR&pd_rd_r=e99d4387 4773 4aca 884d 32f762be10bb&pd_rd_i=0830845887&psc=1) . • Visit our website (http://whereyafrom.org) to sign up for emails. Get new episodes sent straight to your email. • Tell us how much you love Where Ya From? by rating us five stars and leaving us a review (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/where ya from podcast/id1581145346) . • Check out our VOICES Collection (https://ourdailybreadpublishing.org/voicescollection.html) from Our Daily Bread Ministries • Follow Where Ya From? (https://www.instagram.com/whereyafrompodcast/) on Instagram. • Follow VOICES (https://www.instagram.com/experiencevoices/) on Instagram. Verses Mentioned: • Psalm 56:8 • Matthew 11:2830 • John 14:2527 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices)
