In the Sacred Pause

Claire Brockelsby has a background in palliative care nursing, with further experience in bereavement support. She is now an ordained priest in the Church of England and serving in the diocese of Ely. Ian Henderson is a priest in the Church of England, serving in the Diocese of Ely. He has a background in management consultancy and a particular interest in trauma theology and liturgy. Dan Krawczyk is an ordained minister in the Church of England, serving in the Diocese of Norwich. Mary Kilikidi is an ordained minister in the Church of England, serving in the Diocese of Southwark. She has Orthodox and Lutheran backgrounds and is interested in trauma theology and pastoral care.

"The Church has so often been inadequate in its responses to the truths and ruptures of trauma. This book, then, is a gift, an invitation, and a challenge. Its liturgies and prayers not only provide a tender architecture through which the people of God might speak into the wounds and absences of trauma, but dare us to dwell in its silences and terror. And yet more: to remember that even in the promise of Resurrection, the body keeps a score and Easter joy should never be a mask for the scars we hold. "