Broken bodies, healing hearts : reflections of a hospital chaplain
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書誌事項
Broken bodies, healing hearts : reflections of a hospital chaplain
（Haworth religion and mental health）
Haworth Pastoral Press, c2000
- : hc
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内容説明
Witness the wonder of divine power when faith in God overcomes human frailty!Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts: Reflections of a Hospital Chaplain provides chaplains, doctors, nurses, psychologists, and counselors with insight into the experiences of individual hospital patients. You'll learn of the suffering that they endure, and what patients and caretakers can learn about themselves and God through their ordeals. This is a wonderful collection of descriptive, personal, and heartfelt essays, each derived from a visit with a particular patient. These episodes demonstrate the wonder of divine strength manifested in human frailty. You'll see the spiritual aspects of both significant and common events, inspiring you to contemplate and appreciate all of your life experiences. Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts will help you unravel daily questions and problems and encourage you to seek God's eminent presence in all of your experiences.This intriguing collection demonstrates what it means to be human and what it means to be made in God's likeness. You will explore the heartwrenching struggles of unique individuals, such as:
Jimmy Meyer, a three-year-old toddler with a terminal brain tumor, who takes each day for whatever it could offer him. His simple trust teaches us all to grow in our faith and seek the child within ourselves
Mr. Nelson, who after suffering a heart attack and facing the possibility of death, recounts how the experience served to turn his life from one of anger and resentment to one of peace and freedom, reminding us all of the healing power of grace when we are willing to receive it
Martha Claxton, a fifty-eight-year-old woman battling leukemia. In finally letting go she experiences God's eternal security, inviting each of us to surrender our lives to the One who knows our every need
Ms. May, a thirty-eight-year-old with Down's Syndrome, who touches all those whom she comes in contact with. Her ability to live fully in the present moment reminds us that whatever is happening now is worth our undivided attentionEnlightening and moving, Broken Bodies, Healing Hearts reveals the presence of God in the lives of patients, chaplains, and all those who care for others. You will discover the connection between human vulnerability and spiritual growth.
目次
Contents Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
And a Child Will Lead Them
Beyond Pity
Redeemed by Grace
Divine Identity
Learning to Be
Homecoming
Letting Go to Keep From Falling Apart
Fertile Ground
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
Not Religious, But Real
The Man Without a Nose
Called to Wait
Recollection
Faces of Grief
Mutual Healing
Free to Die
Light Shines in the Darkness
Good-bye Grandmere
Addicted to Pain
A Time for Everything
God's Poster Child
A Longing for Companionship
Living in Love
Looking Back Through New Lenses
Always in Process
At a Distance
Another Side of Me
To Be in Relationship Again
Necessary Friction
Empty Before God
Comfort in Death and in Life
Everybody's Savior
And God Was in it All
Pink Pajamas in Heaven
Index
Reference Notes Included
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