Easter Saturday – the ‘in-between’ October 20, 2017 / ponderingsofadaughter I’m currently reading the book Spirit and Trauma by Shelly Rambo. It describes trauma as the middle ground between life and death, and therefore a theology that addresses this suffering needs to look at this uncomfortable ‘in-between’. She acknowledges that the Christian narrative of the…
Trauma and Narrative October 11, 2017 / ponderingsofadaughter Recently some of my study has touched on the topic of trauma. A recurring theme has been how an individual can deal with and process it, in particular the importance of narrative in this healing process. There is often a lack of appropriate language to describe a…
Feeling lost at sea October 10, 2017 / ponderingsofadaughter When the solid ground is falling out from underneath my feet Between the black skies, and my red eyes, I can barely see When I’m feelin’ like I’ve been let down by my friends and my family I can feel the rain reminding me In the eye…