By Doug Murren Why should churches heal? Does your church touch the lives of broken people and bring healing to their hearts? How does a church become that healing force that glorifies God and impacts whole communities? In a desperately hurting world full of toxic relationships, crippled values, and mutilated morality, lives are crying out for real healing — not drug-induced solutions, not psychobabble Band-Aids, but authentic answers...
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By Jackie Macgirvin Pastor Paul is a young seminary graduate called as interim pastor to a small rural church. He is full of zeal, but mostly for self-promotion. He sincerely loves the Lord but his past emotional wounds leave him vulnerable and in need of attention and affirmation. He constantly frustrates his angel, Saldu, who tries to steer him toward a more humble attitude. Sarah Edwards is a new church member, a recent widow...
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By Harriett Hill, Margaret Hill, Richard Bagge, and Pat Miersma This is the core manual for facilitators and participants in small groups using Bible-based trauma healing to address wounds of the heart and spirit. In many parts of the world today, wars, ethnic conflict, and civil disturbances have left people traumatized. This book seeks to help Church leaders who are called upon to help their congregations after major trauma has...
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By Joe Marino, RN, BSN Were you ever around anyone who was going through the process of dying? If so, remember back to all the questions you had, the worries, how scared you and that person were. The unknown is very scary, and if the questions aren’t answered, then these fears can become out of control to the point of panic. Introduction to Aging, Death, and Dying was written with the intent to open your minds and hearts to a...
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By Virginia Morris “The bible of eldercare”–ABC World News. “An indispensable book”–AARP. “A compassionate guide of encyclopedic proportion”–The Washington Post. And, winner of a Books for a Better Life Award. How to Care for Aging Parents is the best and bestselling book of its kind, and its author, Virginia Morris, is the go-to person on eldercare for the media, appearing on Oprah, TODAY, and Good...
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