Register for the "Preaching and Trauma" class with Dr. Joni Sancken

by Perkins Center for Preaching Excellence on Friday, August 1, 2025

How can preachers address issues of collective and individual trauma from the pulpit? This class utilizes insights from scripture, psychology, and trauma studies to equip preachers to address ongoing and catastrophic experiences of individual and corporate trauma in their pulpit ministries.

This class is taught by Dr. Joni S. Sancken, Butler Chair of Homiletics and Biblical Interpretation, Vancouver School of Theology, Vancouver, British Columbia, based on her books, Words That Heal: Preaching Hope to Wounded Souls (2019) and All Our Griefs to Bear: Responding With Resilience After Collective Trauma (2022). 

A word of caution - in this class, trauma will be discussed.