Articles on Secular-topics:life-issues/trauma

When War Comes Home

Learn more about a resource available for military families facing the challenges of deployment and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The Worst Way to Counsel a Friend

If a friend or someone you know is hurting or feels hopeless, learn how to walk alongside them with compassion, gentleness and comforting truth.

How to Be Thankful in All Circumstances

How one woman learned to thank God in the midst of disappointment.

Why Do Encounters With God Involve Such Deep Pain?

Most life-changing encounters with God usually involve deep emotional, physical or psychological pain.

How to Trust God in Painful Circumstances

Wondering where God is during your struggle? Pause and consider what He’s able to do with your pain.

Remembering Ferguson: My Response as A Christian Black Man

An African American man explains how he experiences the death of Mike Brown and other black men, and what we can all to do move toward healing.

Faith Stronger than Hatchets

Assassins brutally attacked Sara, Tomas, and their 2 young daughters while the family was sleeping. Read Sara’s true story of tested faith.

When the World Feels Unsafe

What do you do when tragedy reminds you of the fragile state of this world?

How Do I Give Thanks Even in Suffering?

Thanksgiving is no quick, easy fix, or recipe for skipping past our emotions. In fact, it’s the opposite. When your fists are balled, hold onto God who can take on any anxiety.

What I Did After Surviving a Mass Shooting

Jim Tucker chooses forgiveness after being shot by the gunman that also injured congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

We Are the Persecuted Church

How to respond to another blow to the body of Christ.

American Combat Veterans Need You

One of the greatest challenges soldiers and their spouses are facing is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Learn how your church can care for military families in crisis.

7 Ways to Help a Loved One Who Has Experienced Trauma

It’s hard to know how to help someone who has experienced trauma. Here are seven practical and compassionate ways you can care for your loved one.

Day 18: The Privilege of Suffering

Each day of this devotional series, we will consider key moments in God’s glorious plan to redeem us. We will understand both the overarching story of God and the highlights of all He’s done for us in Christ.

Part 3

Depending on God in suffering.

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