It is often through story that the experience of trauma lives. By that is meant that trauma
naturally embodies the form of story and remains the story until it can be owned and claimed …

Clinicians and clergy often have very contrasting stories to tell of resilience in the lives of the
people for whom they care. Forlini Burt proposes three hallmarks of resilience–'the courage …

Pastors, including clergy, need to be able to provide the right kind of circumstances,
teaching and care to enable people to face crisis and come through difficulties stronger as …

The focus of this research is the experience of being strengthened in adversity, that is, the
process of resilience. The context is Christian pastoral care with the research addressing …

The public ministry presents the pastor with blessings that prove to be gracious gifts of God.
However, it also manifests many temptations, trials, and tribulations. The expectations …

Few life experiences are more inviting, and more threatening, to our spiritual fabric than loss.
Loss rips through us, who we are, how we cope, and what its meaning is for us. Some losses …

This handbook is for leaders who are faced with leading an individual or a church
community through a traumatic event and its aftermath. It arises out of the Tragedy and …

The nature of resilience is much debated both across and within a range of academic
disciplines, yet most people have an intuitive sense of what it means. This chapter considers …

Members of the clergy serve on the front lines as caregivers for individuals whose lives have
been forever changed by life-threatening traumatic events, and by the sudden traumatic …

This essay examines the pastoral and church implications of resilience for ministry in a
postmodern, trauma-filled world. Postmodernity has brought about a breakdown in the …