“While there is no way to compensate for an atrocity, there is a way to transcend it, by making it a gift to others.”
Welcome!
I’m Preston McDaniel Hill, a professor of theology, pastoral therapist under supervision, and priest-in-training.
As a practical theologian and practicing therapist, my work engages the intersection of theology and mental health. My research has engaged Reformation spirituality, science-engaged theology, and topics including suffering, theodicy, atonement, trauma, and spirituality. I am especially interested in trauma and human flourishing.
Trauma is the wounding that remains in the aftermath of violence. Theology is the journey of finding and knowing God in the aftermath. I care deeply about the fragile intersection between God and trauma. I think of it as sacred space, as holy ground. I also find it to be a playful place of healing and transformation.
Life raises the most difficult questions about God and our world that it’s possible to ask. While the answers are not always clear, the questions are richly worth asking. Flourishing and joy are always possible.
I hope you’ll join me in the journey, to taste and see how life can flourish in the most unlikely places.