(The Presbyterian Outlook) – As a Princeton Seminary graduate, ministry professional, and mom of three young kids, Eleanor Shell didn’t expect to be on the receiving end of congregational support and pastoral care at this point in her life. “I kind of felt like life had come together … and then I was hit by a car,” she said. Her world became defined by the before and after.
Suffering from a traumatic brain injury and, consequently, post-traumatic stress and clinical depression, Shell needed support from her community, and one church, Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church in Concord, North Carolina, showed up in an incredibly meaningful way. CONTINUE