Trauma-Informed Campus Ministry
THE SOURCE At 19 years old, I went on a retreat through my university’s campus ministry office. At that point, I hadn’t acknowledged that I had been sexually abused as Continue Reading
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Trauma in Black Men and the Black Church: Embracing a Humanocentric Theism
Ministry Context My research analyzes our church’s congregational context using data within a three-mile radius of our Riverdale, Georgia location. Comparing findings from 2012 to the present reveals notable demographic Continue Reading
Engaging Embodied Lament Following the COVID-19 Pandemic
Life, as we knew it, had come to a complete halt. On March 15, 2020 the world came to a standstill as the COVID-19 virus caused life to stop Continue Reading
The Importance of Story in Uncovering Values for Congregational Leadership
Introduction Throughout my career, I have attended countless continuing education events and read a dozen books on church leadership all with the same theme: congregations need a clear mission and Continue Reading
Worship and the Lament – Recasting Lament as Worship
In her book, “Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining” [1] Author Shelly Rambo draws forward the experiences of Holy Saturday–the space between Jesus’s death and Jesus’s resurrection. If the Continue Reading
Worship and Proclamation Post-Disaster and Pre-Recovery
When the storm has passed and the roads are tamed and we are the survivors of a collective shipwreck. ~Alexis Valdes BEFORE… A typical day contained scheduled appointments with people Continue Reading