trauma

Your Trauma Narrative

By: Rev. Dr. Paul Raybon Ministers have a particular if not unique exposure to trauma. (Trauma is our body’s emergency response to an experience that overwhelms our normal coping mechanisms). Not only do we carry the bodily memory of our own private traumas, but we can also be traumatized directly and indirectly through our ministry. […]

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Trauma Care

By: Rev. Dr. Paul Raybon Folks in Western North Carolina are balancing deep empathy and compassion for the people in the hill country of Texas with a fair amount of anxiety and even PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). It is a tough balance to maintain. Nine months after Hurricane Helene, even before the recent news,

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