Category: Grief and Trauma Awareness

Topic: Grief and Trauma Awareness  —   Key Scripture: Ruth 1:19-21 There’s a name change in Ruth 1 that I think we read past too quickly, because the book eventually turns toward redemption and we’re eager to get there. Naomi has lost her husband and both of her sons. She returns to Bethlehem after years away,…

Topic: Grief and Trauma Awareness   —   Key Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 There’s a detail in Mark 4 that I think we skip past too quickly because we already know how the story ends. The disciples are in a boat with Jesus when “a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that…

Topic: Grief and Trauma Awareness   —   Key Scripture: Luke 15:4-7 There’s a math problem at the center of Luke 15 that shouldn’t work, and I think that’s exactly the point. Jesus tells a short parable about a shepherd with a hundred sheep. One goes missing, and the shepherd leaves the ninety-nine — in the open…

Topic: Grief and Trauma Awareness   —   Key Scripture: 2 Samuel 1:17-27 There’s a moment in 2 Samuel that I think often move past — and maybe even overlook as a key passage on grief in Scripture. David receives word that Saul and Jonathan have died in battle, and rather than moving quickly toward comfort or…

Topic: Grief and Trauma Awareness   —   Key Scripture: Psalm 23:4 There’s a single preposition in Psalm 23 that carries more weight than we usually give it. “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.” Through. Not into. Not stopped in. Through.…