trauma

In her book, "The Quest for Family," Jessica Clancy describes her upbringing with brutal honesty, explaining how Jesus pursued her through a variety of life experiences, including abuse and trauma.

Jason Daye and the Reverend Dr. Nicole Martin explore some of the potential dangers and the positive benefits when it comes to examining trauma in our own lives. They also look at how we can help make our lives, our homes, and our churches places of healing.

A recent exegetical exam for candidates seeking ordination in the Presbyterian Church (USA) contained a Bible passage that some people are calling a “trauma trigger.” Test-takers were asked to analyze Judges 19, a chapter in which the Levite’s concubine is gang-raped, murdered, and dismembered.

Recovery from trauma requires that we consistently focus our brains’ attention on that which contributes to the reversal of our trauma.

“Shazam!” star Zachary Levi was close to taking his own life several years ago, when he encountered the radical love of God.

When a crisis or tragic event takes place, churchgoers ask, “What can I do to help?” We can empower congregants by helping them identify and utilize the tools they have as Christians. God is at work within every Christian, preparing them to help others.

The shooting is the third deadliest on a school campus in the nation’s history, behind 33 killed at Virginia Tech University in 2007 and the 28 deaths at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., in 2012.

Years after Russia’s bombs stop exploding and loved ones are eulogized, displaced Ukrainian refugees may still need counseling and intervention to deal with the loss.