Project explores legacy of 1920s trauma on Mennonite women
Nearly 100 years have passed since 21,000 Mennonites fled disease, starvation and violence in some of the same areas now experiencing war in Ukraine. Many came to Southern Manitoba, and their trauma quietly came with them. In the last year, I took a sabbatical from my work as a counselling therapist at Brandon University in…
Author addresses collective trauma in new book
A new book aims to help Christians process collective traumas. In All Our Griefs to Bear, seminary professor Joni S. Sancken suggests practices that church leaders and members can use to nurture resilience and compassion as they work through the traumas they face, including the pandemic. The book, published last November by Herald Press, is…
