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Religious faith is a powerful source of comfort and support for
individuals and families facing dementia. Many faith leaders need
help in adapting their ministries to address the worship/spiritual
needs of this group. A product of Faith United Against Alzheimer's,
this handbook by 45 different authors represents diverse faith
traditions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism,
Buddhism and Native American. It provides practical help in
developing services and creating dementia friendly faith
communities. It gives an understanding of the cognitive,
communicative and physical abilities of people with dementia and
shows what chaplains, clergy and lay persons can do to engage them
through worship. Included are several articles by persons living
with dementia.
How does God respond to trauma in a world full of horrors? Beyond
their physical and emotional toll, the horrors of this world raise
difficult theological and existential questions. Where is God in
the darkest moments of the human experience? Is there any hope for
recovery from the trauma generated by these horrors? There are no
easy answers to these questions. In God of All Comfort, Scott
Harrower addresses these questions head on. Using the Gospel of
Matthew as a backdrop, he argues for a Trinitarian approach to
horrors, showing how God-in his triune nature-reveals himself to
those who have experienced trauma. He explores the many ways God
relates restoratively with humanity, showing how God's light shines
through the darkness of trauma.
The life of a congregational rabbi is often seen as an ivory-tower
existence - full of prayers and piety - but Jonathan Romain's has
radically departed from that image. Virtually no one has ever asked
him about their spiritual life and instead he has dealt with a
rollercoaster of crises, emotional traumas, moral dilemmas,
attempts at seduction, multiple murders, Machiavellian families,
funerals that go wrong, weddings that are hijacked, and fighting
his way through a maze of other people's sexual fantasies. Nothing
in rabbinic training ever hinted that this catalogue of human
misery would become part of his calling, nor gave any clues as to
how to handle it. Luckily, his previous careers - as a radio agony
aunt, prison chaplain, postman and nightclub bouncer - gave him
insights that proved very useful in navigating through the human
jungle, and hopefully helping some of those he has met on the way.
Candid, poignant and often hilarious, this highly original and very
readable book offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into an
extraordinary job dealing with timeless human scenarios.
Adults play a vital role in helping teenagers through anxiety and
depression, and this book gives spiritual encouragement and
practical direction for parents and other adults who want to help
but don't know what to do. A companion volume to Murray's Why Am I
Feeling Like This?, written for teenagers.
This volume of essays adopts a multi-faceted approach to questions
surrounding dying and death. It features contributions from those
working within the areas of palliative care, healthcare chaplaincy,
philosophy, and theology. Among the topics covered are: the
transformative power of palliative care; spiritual care at the end
of life; a philosophical perspective on dying, death, and dignity;
prudential judgment in end-of-life decision making; perinatal
death; compassionate accompaniment of the bereaved; honoring the
sacred story of the dying; reflecting on the Order of Christian
Funerals; scriptural perspectives on mortality; the significance of
music in the funeral liturgy; how the afterlife has been imagined
within the Christian tradition; and the 'liturgy' of the Irish
Wake. With questions for further discussion and reflection at the
end of each chapter, all who wish to think more deeply about issues
surrounding dying, death, and the care of the terminally ill, will
find this collection timely and thought-provoking.
The Parish as Oasis is a practical and accessible introduction to
how local churches can contribute to the healing the environmental
crisis. A notable feature of this book is that it does not engage
with that crisis. “Climate change†can be a contentious
cultural issue. And “climate despair†can be a pressing
pastoral issue. By focusing on practical and accessible
“experiments†that any parish can explore according to their
own context and capacities, this book seeks to equip people with a
hands-on understanding of the ideas unpacked in Laudato Si’. It
is a book that aspires to inspire congregations to get their hands
dirty, but it also plants those initiatives within a coherent
eco-theology and re-locates how we think about faith and the role
of church to the margins, serving as an oasis in those parts of our
society that are parched and denuded.Â
       It consists of
three parts: an introductory essay that situates the theological
vision of the book, a practical array of experiments that
congregations can undertake to care for our common home, and a
conclusion pointing people to further resources. While being
intellectually rigorous, it is written in an accessible,
non-technical fashion. The practical experiments draw on real-world
examples, including interviews, to give each of these sections an
easy magazine-like feel.Â
This book presents engaging reflections on the modern day
Vietnamese Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh and the medieval Christian
mystic, Meister Eckhart (1260-1327). It celebrates the common
spiritual ground that exists between Christianity and Buddhism.
For counselors, pastors, women's ministry leaders, and any
Christian woman who wants a user-friendly quick reference guide to
Scripture, here is an essential resource Scripture passages are
conveniently gathered under ninety topics that concern today's
women, including adoption, birth control, career, contentment,
dating/courtship, depression, friendship, prodigal children,
self-worth, singleness, an unsaved spouse, worry, and more. Perfect
for counseling or for personal study and memorization, this revised
and updated edition includes new topics and features an attractive
new cover design.
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