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- Healing and Spirituality 1 (Two day seminar)
- Healing and Spirituality 2 (One day workshop)
- The Christian Healing Ministry in the Church
- Explorations in the Healing of Addictions
- Biblical, Theological and Spiritual Issues of Disability
- Pastoral Care and Counseling for People with Disabilities
- Developing a Ministry with People with Disabilities and Their Families
- Retreat or Workshop for People with Disabilities or Chronic Illnesses
Biblical, Theological and Spiritual Issues of Disability
This one-day workshop is for seminarians, clergy, or staff and is designed for Training and Development or as a Continuing Education course. It is also appropriate for any church engaged in ministry with people with disabilities or chronic illnesses.- Theological Issues in Disability and Religion
- Language reflects theology
- "Victim theology:" disability represents demon possession; suffering is God's will
- Compassion vs. Pity
- Faith and healing
- What is healing and what does it mean when disability remains
- The disabled God and the suffering of God
- Spiritual Issues when living with Disability
- Discrimination, exclusion, oppression and injustice
- Understanding the grief cycle, depression
- Anger at God
- Forgiving God
- What is acceptance? Who needs to accept disability?
- Integrating the experience of suffering as a condition of life
Handouts include:
- The Spiritual Resources of People with Disabilities
- Forgiving God
- Anger as Creative Power
- A Healthy Religious Community Takes Disability in Stride
- Issues Which Prevent us From Addressing Spiritual Needs
- The Grief Cycle
- Clergy with Disabilities Speak Out
- Bibliography for Spirituality and Disability