Death And Dying Encounter Spirituals

Author : Tessie R. Simmons
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462844154
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death and Dying Encounter Spirituals written by Tessie R. Simmons and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-07-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Tessie R. Simmons applies spirituals to the death and dying experience of the terminally ill. This offers pastors and other pastoral care professionals an innovative devotional to provide spiritual care to the terminally ill and recovery care to their family. The book also offers the family of the terminally ill the unique opportunity to share in spiritual care partnership and to encounter self-recovery care. Guidelines on how to use the book to provide spiritual care to the terminally ill and recovery care to the bereaved family makes this book valuable to a broader readership.

Author : Tessie R. Simmons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781436334907
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death and Dying Encounter Spirituals written by Tessie R. Simmons and published by . This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Tessie R. Simmons applies spirituals to the death and dying experience of the terminally ill. This offers pastors and other pastoral care professionals an innovative devotional to provide spiritual care to the terminally ill and recovery care to their family. The book also offers the family of the terminally ill the unique opportunity to share in spiritual care partnership and to encounter self-recovery care. Guidelines on how to use the book to provide spiritual care to the terminally ill and recovery care to the bereaved family makes this book valuable to a broader readership.

Author : Jean C. West
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491780444
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saying Goodbye written by Jean C. West and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saying Goodbye: My Spiritual Journey through Death and Dying dares to face the basic reality that so much of modern culture strains itself to deny: everyone who lives will die. The hope and the encouragement come, not in pretending that death will not happen, but in shaping the way in which one says “goodbye” to friends and family. Jean C. West, who sat with her husband and her siblings as they died, draws upon both her experiences and her research to present a guide to assist all who find themselves in the position making or witnessing end-of-life goodbyes. Her advice covers the circumstances of those who are dying and of others who accompany loved ones in their dying. Saying Goodbye describes the common landmarks one encounters in a journey through death and dying. It presents special guidance for circumstances in which children are dying. It talks through the sorts of plans one can make in advance of death. It consoles and supports individuals during the time after a loved one’s death. Saying Goodbye: My Spiritual Journey through Death and Dying recognizes that while each person’s circumstances and perspective are unique, the common elements of the human experience of death and dying can provide the foundation for saying “goodbye” and for journeying through times of human mortality.

Author : Lee Strobel
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310358434
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Case for Heaven written by Lee Strobel and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling and award-winning author Lee Strobel interviews experts about the evidence for the afterlife and offers credible answers to the most provocative questions about what happens when we die, near-death experiences, heaven, and hell. We all want to know what awaits us on the other side of death, but is there any reliable evidence that there is life after death? Investigative author Lee Strobel offers a lively and compelling study into one of the most provocative topics of our day. Through fascinating conversations with respected scholars and experts--a neuroscientist from Cambridge University, a researcher who analyzed a thousand accounts of near-death experiences, and an atheist-turned-Christian-philosopher--Strobel offers compelling reasons for why death is not the end of our existence but a transition to an exciting world to come. Looking at biblical accounts, Strobel unfolds what awaits us after we take our last breath and answers questions like: Is there an afterlife? What is heaven like? How will we spend our time there? And what does it mean to see God face to face? With a balanced approach, Strobel examines the alternative of Hell and the logic of damnation, and gives a careful look at reincarnation, universalism, the exclusivity claims of Christ, and other issues related to the topic of life after death. With vulnerability, Strobel shares the experience of how he nearly died years ago and how the reality of death can shape our lives and faith. Follow Strobel on this journey of discovery of the entirely credible, believable, and exhilarating life to come.

Author : Dennis Klass
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317771761
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spiritual Lives of Bereaved Parents written by Dennis Klass and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes how parents lose, find, or relocate spiritual anchors after the death of their child. It describes how ordinary people reconstruct their lives after their foundations have shifted, and how they make sense of their world after one of their centers of meaning has been removed. Klass grounds his descriptions of spirituality in his scholarly study of comparative religions, and in his two decades studying the lives of bereaved parents. He argues that continuing bonds with their dead children can give parents a new transcendent reality. Deceased children, like saints or bodhisattvas, can offer a bridge between the profane and sacred worlds, support parents as they find meaning in a world made forever poorer, and bind together a community adequate to parents' grief. The book reports Klass's clinical practice and his work as advisor to a bereaved parents self-help support group.

Author : Kathleen Dowling Singh
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062316311
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grace in Dying written by Kathleen Dowling Singh and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this brilliantly conceived and beautifully written book, Kathleen Dowling Singh illuminates the profound psychological and spiritual transformations experiences by the dying as the natural process of death reconnects them with the source of their being. Examining the end of life in the light of current psychological understanding, religious wisdom, and compassionate medical science, The Grace of Dying offers a fresh, deeply comforting message of hope and courage as we contemplate the meaning of our mortality. While the prevailing Western medical tradition has seen death as an enemy to be fought and overcome, Singh offers a richer and more rewarding path of understanding. Combining extensive training and education in developmental psychology with profound spiritual insight, she balances expert analysis with moving accounts drawn from her experiences working with hundreds of dying patients at a large hospice. Singh moves beyond the five stages of dying revealed in Kübler-Ross's classic On Death and Dying, and finds in the "nearing death experience" even more significant and forming stages of surrender and transcendence. These stages involve the qualities of grace: letting go, radiance, focusing inward, silence, a sense of the sacred, wisdom, intensity, and, in the end, a merging with Spirit. Through this intense process, we come to experience at last the reality of our true self, which transcends our finite ego and bodily existence, and our merging with the source of being from which we originated. Dying is safe. In clear, nontechnical language, Singh reveals the transformations that come with dying, using the vocabulary of growing Western, as well as Eastern, wisdom. Written for those aware that their life is coming to an end, those who care for the dying, and, ultimately, for all of us who inevitably face our owndeath and the deaths of the people we love, The Grace in Dying reveals that dying is the most transforming, powerful, and spiritually rich of life's experiences.

Author : Kenneth J. Doka
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351868330
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Death and Spirituality written by Kenneth J. Doka and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An elderly Chinese immigrant, hospitalized with terminal disease, requests to burn incense. A 30-year-old Roman Catholic gay male, dying of AIDS, is consumed by deepening moral guilt, troubled by beliefs he thought he abandoned years ago. A mother whose teenage son died of an aneurism is angry at God over his death yet fearful of expressing that anger lest He 'punish her again.' A young widower seemingly has difficulty expressing grief believing it to be a sign of weak faith. All of these examples illustrate the kinds of issues that clinicians and counselors constantly encounter. For although North American society has long been characterized as secular, this does not deny the potency of spiritual concerns and religious values on the individual level. Polls affirm that vast majorities of North Americans both believe in God and consider religion important in their lives. This is clearly evident when one faces the crisis of dying or bereavement. For, one of the strengths of belief is that it provides support and succor at a time when secular explanations are largely silent. For these reasons, educators and clinicians have long recognized the significance that religious and spiritual themes have in counseling with the dying and bereaved. Yet, in cultures as religiously diverse as the U.S. and Canada, caregivers and educators may feel inadequate to the task. Death and Spirituality addresses this need. Specifically it seeks to reach two, perhaps overlapping, audiences. First, it considers the needs death-related counselors and educators, seeking to provide them with both a sense of the norm of religious tradition and the religious and spiritual issues that might arise in illness and bereavement, as well as suitable interventions, approaches, and resources that might be useful in assisting clients in examining and resolving such issues. The book also speaks to the complementary needs of clergy who also may wish to assist parishioners and others as they face the spiritual and psychological crisis of dying and grief.

Author : Richard F. Groves
Publisher : Celestial Arts
ISBN 13 : 0399578412
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Book of Living and Dying written by Richard F. Groves and published by Celestial Arts. This book was released on 2015-12-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most people, the thought of dying or caring for a terminally ill friend or family member raises fears and questions as old as humanity: What is a “good death”? What appropriate preparations should be made? How do we best support our loved ones as life draws to its close? In this nondenominational handbook, Richard F. Groves and Henriette Anne Klauser provide comfort, direction, and hope to the dying and their caregivers through nine archetypal stories that illustrate the most common end-of-life concerns. Drawing from personal experiences, the authors offer invaluable guidance on easing emotional pain and navigating this difficult final passage. With a compelling new preface, this edition also features an overview of the hospice movement; a survey of Celtic, Tibetan, Egyptian, and other historic perspectives on the sacred art of dying; as well as various therapies, techniques, and rituals to alleviate suffering, stimulate reflection, and strengthen interpersonal bonds. The American Book of Living and Dying gives us courage to trust our deepest instincts, and reminds us that by telling the stories of those who have passed, we remember, honor, and continue to learn from them.

Author : Gloria Gaither
Publisher : Gospel Light Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780830746866
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Book of Simple Prayers written by Gloria Gaither and published by Gospel Light Publications. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life greets us in different ways each day: We experience joy, confusion, doubt and grief. We walk through seasons of loneliness and times of closeness with God, family and friends. Each event, the birth of a new baby, the death of a loved one, the sound of a familiar melody, can be an occasion for prayer. In A Book of Simple Prayers, beloved songwriter Gloria Gaither shares the prayers she has prayed in moments like these. At times questioning, playful, trusting or anxious, this collection of Gloria's prayer poetry is a medley of honest and open-hearted conversation with God. With her renowned mastery of language and matchless instinct for just the right turn of phrase, she invites us to pray along with her, expressing our hopes and heartaches to the God who listens.

Author : Donnica L. Brown Pierre RN
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1685171206
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dying the Good Death written by Donnica L. Brown Pierre RN and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-10-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eternally, from struggles to serenity, from a jaded life to joy and jubilation in heaven, I pray that this book will invoke the tough conversations regarding being prepared financially for final arrangements and discussing end-of-life wishes. Both living wills and materialistic wills are important. Planning certainly helps the survivors cope better, and this book will help you to see the importance of preparation. I sincerely hope that my work will become a cornerstone for learning across this nation. This book was not easy to compile because it evoked many repressed memories that I thought was better to forget, but God said different. God said to share my knowledge with all who has an ear and will hear. I pray that the case studies will be demonstrative that not every journey is similar but very unique. In my experience, no two people have ever died alike. This book is spiritually based in that I reference biblical Scriptures because this is how I have managed my hospice goals and journey. God has divinely provided me with the knowledge to survive twenty-one years of hospice. He has also provided me the courage and wisdom to author this book! If I can increase the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of different cultures, races, and human beings, then I truly believe that God will be pleased with my obedience to fulfill his desires for this particular purpose of my life. 2