Download the Workshop Slide Deck (April 5, 2025)

Recommended Books

Trauma (general)

• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk (2015)
• What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo (2022)

Trauma-Informed Pastoral Work

• Dawn of Sunday: The Trinity and Trauma-Safe Churches by Joshua Cockayne, Scott Harrower, & Preston Hill (2022)
• Unspeakable: Preaching and Trauma-Informed Theology by Sarah Travis (2021)
• Trauma-Informed Pastoral Care: How to Respond When Things Fall Apart by Karen McClintock (2022)
• When the Church Harms God’s People: Becoming Faith Communities that Resist Abuse, Pursue Truth, and Care for the Wounded by Diane Langberg (2024)

Theology of Suffering & Trauma

• Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores by Diane Langberg (2015)
• Trauma-Sensitive Theology: Thinking Theologically in the Era of Trauma by Jennifer Baldwin (2018)
• Suffering Well and Suffering With: Reclaiming Marks of Christian Identity by Aimee Patterson (2023)

Other Recommended Resources

Articles

• The Ongoing Journey of Becoming a Trauma-Informed Pastor by Cheryl You
• Trauma-Informed Clergy (dissertation by Elizabeth Pennock)

Audio

• Good Lord, Deliver Us: Trauma and Anglican Liturgy, a lecture delivered by Justin Holcomb with a response from Elizabeth Pennock
• When the Church Harms God’s People with Diane Langberg

Video

• The Lion & The Lamb: How the Gospel Informs our Responses to Abuse with Rachael Denhollander
• Building Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual Safety in Churches (a GRACE live Conversation)
• Healing Neen (a documentary about trauma-informed care) featuring Tonier Cain

Organizations

• GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment)
• Child Safety and Protection Network