The Role of the Pastor in Preparing the Church for the Experience of Death

"The only word I can think of is just trauma. And it's going to take a while to wrestle with how do we balance being present to this pain, but also be able to move forward in a way that isn't always on fire," she says. "I cannot afford to close off the pain because the moment I shut down the pain is the moment I become numb and I take on that same posture."