Trauma and Re-membering the Dismembered
The Joseph Story Ep. 3
A preliminary remark:
One of the gifts of Scripture is that its stories allow us to process our deep-seated personal pain in a safe way. I can talk about my own pain a lot easier by talking about Joseph’s pain. The topic of trauma is a sensitive one, but perhaps the Joseph narrative can give us enough distance from our own circumstances—even for a moment—to think about the nature of trauma, God’s promises in the midst of trauma, and especially to begin to pray.
Family Trauma
Old Testament scholar James Ackerman points out that the main theme of the Joseph story is the…
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