The need for spiritual direction -- Images and models of the spiritual director -- Seeking and choosing a spiritual director -- Secrets of the heart -- Directors' advice to their colleagues -- Discernment -- Personal teachings -- Obedience -- Epilogue.
Redefinitions -- I. The Naked Noun -- II. The Unbusy Pastor -- III. The Subversive Pastor -- IV. The Apocalyptic Pastor -- Between Sundays -- V. Ministry amid the Traffic -- VI. Curing Souls: The Forgotten Art -- VII. Praying with Eyes Open -- VIII. First Language -- IX. Is Growth a Decision? -- X. The Ministry of Small Talk -- XI. Unwell in a New Way -- XII. Lashed to the Mast -- XIII. Desert …
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Spiritual community: the ambiance for group spiritual direction -- Spiritual direction -- Discernment and spiritual direction -- The Practice of group spiritual direction -- Decisions: participants, groups, facilitators -- Issues in group spiritual direction -- The Contemplative dimension of group spiritual direction -- Epilogue.
Biography.
1. The land of darkness. -- 2. Leave the hall light on. -- 3. Silent stirrings in the tomb. -- 4. Separate bedrooms. -- 5. The morning will come.
Introduction : setting down our emotional baggage -- Words of comfort and healing to--. Those who are lonely ; Those who are fearful ; Those who are suffering from abuse ; Those who are feeling inferior ; Those who are struggling under the weight of guilt ; Those who are frustrated ; Those who are burned out ; Those who are being persecuted -- Conclusion : the purifying power of pain. Abstra…
Why? Why? Why? -- The Message from Stephen and Paul -- A Crack in the Curtain -- The Museum in Heaven: Rectangle A -- The Museum's Other Section: Rectangle B - Cracked Teapots -- "Tribulation Worketh Patience" -- The Refining Process -- School for Comforters -- Affliction and Evangelism-Affliction and Guidance -- Aborting Affliction -- Practicing Contentment or What Comes Next?
Adversity: who is behind it all? -- Power of perspective -- When God is silent -- Justice for all -- Advancing through adversity -- Your attention, please! -- No-so-gentle reminder -- Self-examination -- Humbling experience -- Power of weakness -- Faithful is He who called you -- Comforted to comforr -- Not I, but Christ -- One man's story -- Responding to adversity: the choice is yours. Abs…
Uses personal experiences, poetry, and Scripture verses to provide advice on how to cope with all kinds of loss in one's life, including death, moving, the end of a friendship, and other difficult situations.
"Wellspring book of Amity House"--Page 4 of cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-148).
Part I: How to Live -- 1. Why? Why? Why? -- 2. The Choice is Yours -- 3. Triumph Out of Tragedy -- Part II: How to Die -- 4. Life After All -- 5. Am I Normal? -- 6. Broken Hearts Do Heal -- Part III: How to Help -- 7. How to Help a Grieving Friend -- 8. Helping A Friend Cope with a Terminal Illness -- 9. How to Explain Death to a child -- 10. Making the Funeral Arrangements -- 11. After the Fun…