Michelle K. Keener, "Comfort in the Ashes: Explorations in the Book of Job to Support Trauma Survivors"
English | ISBN: 1514010348 | 2025 | 208 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 1514010348 | 2025 | 208 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Navigating Trauma in the Church
It's time for church leaders and believers to stop offering prettily packaged responses from a safe distance. It's time for us to sit in the ashes with the hurting, our Sunday clothes covered in dirt and grime, our faces lined with tears. Trauma brings people to the ash heap, so that is where the church needs to go.
The church should serve as a refuge for people in pain. And yet, we often end up unintentionally causing more hurt to trauma survivors. Theological platitudes and positive thinking aren't simply dismissive to those who suffer, but they inevitably retraumatize the wounded. Does the Bible have anything practical to offer for church leaders as they engage the pain in their congregations?
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