Category: Grief and Trauma Awareness

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.…

Topic: Grief and Trauma Awareness   —   Key Scripture: The Psalms We know what to do with certain kinds of grief. When someone dies, there are rituals for it. A funeral, a gathering, people who bring food and say the right things and acknowledge, formally and publicly, that a loss has occurred. The grief has a…

Topic: Grief and Trauma Awareness   —   Key Scripture: Psalm 23 There is a particular kind of exhaustion that has no clean name. It is not the tiredness that comes from a hard week or a late night or a demanding project. Those are recoverable. A good night’s sleep, a quiet weekend, some time away from…