Gathering Stars

About this book

In 2016, Jennifer's husband Tony-who was a therapist specializing in trauma recovery-slippedaway before her eyes into a raging river. In the aftermath, she experienced many unansweredquestions about God and healing. Immersed in her late husband's clinical library, alongside the rawwritings of the psalmists and prophets of her faith, she discovered a path to healing based on bothspiritual and clinical care.Gathering Stars braids together contemplative reflections, trauma-informed prayers, and somaticpractices to support healing of body, mind, soul, and spirit. As a progressive Christian pastor, Jennifer Ohman-Rodriguez reaches for glimmers of hope amid despair in unlikely places, includingthe Judeo-Christian scriptures that rage at God with uncensored grief, anger, and doubt. Reflectionon these raw passages gives rise to honest prayers that open the heart to real healing facilitated byresearched-based clinical practices delivered in written and smart-phone accessible video formats.