Trauma

Diane Langberg, Advice for Pastors on Trauma

From the Caring Well curriculum: I encourage pastors to read a book or two about abuse so they have some understanding of it, as that will help them care for their own people as well as find them good counselors. I also recommend they meet with or at least speak by phone with a counselor …

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We bring Our Sacrifice of . . .

“We bring our sacrifice of … innocence lost. ~ We would offer You more, but we can’t. We bring our sacrifice of … deep anger. ~ We would offer You other, but we must grieve unmentioned horrors. We bring our sacrifice of … crush expectations. ~ We would offer You better, but we must fall …

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Trauma, Suffering, and the Community

On the Mere Orthodoxy blog Patrick Stefan has written an appreciative critique of an article recently written on trauma and Reformed evangelicalism by Paul Maxwell. I want to weigh in with a question for Patrick. But before I get to this, I need to give a quick fly over of the discussion. First, Paul’s piece …

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