Natural disasters deeply impact us. People often feel helpless or overwhelmed in the wake of their destruction.
This page provides resources for those who are looking for a way to deal with grief and for anyone to reach out to those affected by natural disaster.
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Help is available if you’re facing trauma, grief, or loss — or supporting someone who is. If you’d like to talk, our professional, caring counselors are here to listen, pray with you, and offer biblically sound guidance. It’s a safe place to take a meaningful first step.
Each person affected by trauma experiences his or her own unique reactions and symptoms.
Nothing will eliminate the pain that you or your children have suffered, but there are steps you can take to help your family face those circumstances with courage and confidence.
Why doesn’t God do something about evil? Couldn’t He have created a world without it?
The problem of evil is one of the most difficult challenges for Christian theists to answer. In fact, it is the problem that Christians must face.
While mourning, people usually don’t need philosophical answers to their pain and suffering. They need others to come alongside them, sit with them, and grieve with them.
What happens when, in the wake of some apparently senseless tragedy, life seems meaningless and the future looks absolutely bleak?
Where is God? Does He know, or are my prayers heard only by the wall? Is He near, or somewhere distant, only watching? If you hurt enough to ask such questions, you deserve an answer.
The real question is not “Why doesn’t God do something?” It’s “How did the world get into such a mess in the first place?”
How can I find healing from the effects of disaster and trauma? Can you help me get a handle on that process?
Encourage your children to grapple with hard questions. You don’t have to know all the answers. You just have to be willing to engage.
As a counselor, I’m often asked how to talk with kids about tragedies such as the latest school shooting. Here are some strategies I offer in my practice for intentional and effective conversations about tragedy.
I was a first responder lending mental health support to kids rescued from Columbine High School. So when I hear of the latest school shooting, I feel sickened that another community has to cope with the aftermath.
You have to be prepared for ups and downs and emotional setbacks. Meanwhile, there are some things you can do to help your kids face their immediate situation with courage and confidence.
Death is an ever-present fact of life, yet even adults face it only with difficulty. Here are some tips to help your children through the grieving process.
We can’t control the natural disasters our families might face. But we can reassure our kids and address their fears, explaining how rare these events are and that we will do everything we can to keep them safe.
Nothing will eliminate the pain that you or your children have suffered, but there are steps you can take to help your family face those circumstances with courage and confidence.
Effective ministry involves a willingness and an ability to enter into the feelings and experiences of other people. It’s important to realize that there is no quick and easy way to reach out to victims of natural disasters and other tragedies.
Everyone works through grief differently. Some are instantly devastated; others feel numb and disconnected. Some withdraw socially, while others reach out for support.
Watching someone you care about experience loss is inevitable. Knowing how to respond when it happens can make a memorable difference.
We all endure suffering, crisis, and loss in some capacity, but how do we handle it? Based upon his extensive experience as a grief and trauma counselor, Dr. H. Norman Wright describes how to navigate the unexpected and painful crises of life we will all experience. With personal stories of his own loss and heartfelt compassion, he offers practical advice about how to walk through your grief and find the path to healing. (Part 1 of 2)
Emergencies can strike at any time. From natural disasters to crises a little closer to home, storms arise and you may not know what to do. Kathi Lipp shares how a close call with a house fire inspired planning and preparing for any difficult circumstance. She’ll provide you with some simple, realistic, and tangible steps to prepare your family and get them on board. You’ll learn how to reframe the way you look at emergency preparedness so you can hold onto the peace God provides and help your neighbors, too.
