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Notes
1 Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (New York: Vintage, 1995), 22.
2 Laurie Kraus, David Holyan, and Bruce Wismer, Recovering from Un-Natural Disasters: A Guide for Pastors and Congregations after Violence and Trauma (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2017), 37.
3 Jeffrey H. Mahan, Church as Network: Christian Life and Connection in Digital Culture (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021), 56–59.
4 Mahan.
5 Jeffery Mahan, email with author, February 26, 2024.
6 Matthew 9:17.
7 Shelly Rambo, “How Christian Theology and Practice Are Being Shaped by Trauma Studies: Talking about God in the Face of Wounds That Won’t Go Away,” Christian Century, November 20, 2019, https://www.christiancentury.org/article/critical-essay/how-christian-theology-and-practice-are-being-shaped-trauma-studies.
8 Romans 8:38–39.
9 Psalm 22:1 and 2; Matthew 27:46.
10 The term “self-care” has on occasion been invoked to excuse neglect or legitimate care for others. Much more commonly, however, caregivers are likely to neglect their own health as they face the overwhelming needs of others.
11 Kraus, Holyan, and Wismer, 43.
12 Kraus, Holyan, and Wismer, 109.
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David Hogue
David Hogue, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) who has served as pastor, hospital chaplain, pastoral counselor, and seminary professor, is now professor emeritus of pastoral theology and counseling at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL. The author of Remembering the Future, Imagining the Past: Story, Ritual, and the Human Brain (Wipf & Stock, 2009), he has published chapters and articles on pastoral care, liturgy, and the contributions of the neurosciences to both.