Nova Memorial Crystallized the Human Toll of October 7 for US Pastors Who Could Not Visualize the Pain Pastors from across the United States grapple with the human cost of October 7 and their responsibility to speak out, teach and advocate when they return By Felice Friedson and Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line JoAnna Dias Sanchez, […]
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Nova Memorial Crystallized the Human Toll of October 7 for US Pastors Who Could Not Visualize the Pain
Pastors from across the United States grapple with the human cost of October 7 and their responsibility to speak out, teach and advocate when they return
By Felice Friedson and Gabriel Colodro/The Media Line
JoAnna Dias Sanchez, PsyD.MA, a clinical psychologist and founder of Gracious Gifts Ministries, said her visit to Israel took on a new dimension when she met a survivor of the October 7 attacks. “I work with people that are clinically depressed on a regular basis, and so to witness that … I really wished that I could meet him, and encourage him, and bless him,” she told The Media Line. “The things that I’ve witnessed from afar, they really came to life being here.” She described the encounter as a moment that revealed the human weight of the tragedy in a way she had not experienced before.