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A Christian based approach to the issues facing modern mothers.
Spiritual resilience is the ability to maintain a sturdy positive spirit and a clear sense of purpose and meaning even in the face of suffering. We all need spiritual resilience to thrive, but how do we strengthen resilience in today's turbulent times? The Spiritual Resilience Handbook combines current research in neuroscience and positive psychology with traditional Christian spiritual practices to create a practical approach that helps. We believe a positive spirit is marked by spiritual emotions such as gratitude, hope, compassion, awe, serenity, joy, inspiration and love. We recommend deepening our experience of these emotions through the spiritual habits of:gratitudeblessingmusicletting goone-liners andserviceThis is a book on spiritual wellness, not theology. While shaped by the author's own Christian background, it is welcoming and adaptable to seekers from a wide range of faith perspectives. Addressing the spiritual hunger common to us all, this approach invites conversation and sharing across differences while supporting readers in deepening and staying true to their own path.
In order to thrive in challenging times, we need methods that help us stay spiritually and emotionally resilient. The Soul Habits curriculum offers a practical, transformative tool designed to support educators, youth ministers, chaplains, volunteers and leaders of faith-based agencies. These pages combine centuries-old spiritual practices with current research-based insights into how the mind+body+spirit connection works. The Soul Habits Leader's Guide holds fifteen lessons that can be used individually or as a semester or year-long program. The Participant Journal brings the sessions to life by capturing insights, questions and commitments. While anchored in the Christian tradition, this approach can be adapted to religiously diverse audiences. For leader training or to learn more, check out The Center for Spiritual Resilience at https://spiritualresilience.org.
The Soul Habits curriculum offers a practical, transformative tool to help users stay spiritually and emotionally resilient. These lessons combine centuries-old spiritual practices with current research-based insights into how the mind+body+spirit connection works. The accompanying Leader's Guide holds fifteen lessons that can be used in a variety of settings. The Participant's Journal brings sessions to life by capturing insights, questions and commitments. Connie Fourré is an award-winning author and educator, retired from a career in high school faith formation and wellness. She has presented internationally at conferences and workshops, and her books have been translated into Spanish and Indonesian. The Center for Spiritual resilience offers faith-based, research-informed, practical resources for deepening resilience. For leader training or to learn more, visit spiritualresilience.org
Contains creative prayers services for each week of Year B. Designed with the WCC approach in mind. Includes original music.
Now more than ever, young people need the witness of adults who truly believe in the power of prayer and reflection. Finding the Calm helps those who minister to young people rediscover the fundamental energy of ministry: the marriage of the Scriptures and prayer. Parents, teachers, youth ministers, pastors, and mentors will find sustenance in this book for continuing their commitment to ministry with young people.
Care Work is a collection of original essays on the complexities of providing care. These essays emphasize how social policies intersect with gender, race, and class to alternately compel women to perform care work and to constrain their ability to do so. Leading international scholars from a range of disciplines provide a groundbreaking analysis of the work of caring in the context of the family, the market, and the welfare state.
Service-Learning and Social Justice provides everything administrators and teachers need to build service-learning programs that prepare students as engaged citizens committed to equity and justice. Cipolle describes practical strategies for classroom teachers along with the theoretical framework so readers can deftly move beyond the book to a meaningful program for their schools. Writing in a conversational style, the author explains service-learning's unlimited potential in terms of student empowerment and academic achievement and as tool in developing a student's a lifetime commitment to service and social justice. This book's contribution to new knowledge and practice is three-fold as it...
Packed with creative, effective ideas for bringing mindfulness into the classroom, child therapy office, or community, this book features sample lesson plans and scripts, case studies, vignettes, and more. Leading experts describe how to harness the unique benefits of present-focused awareness for preschoolers, school-age kids, and teens, including at-risk youth and those with special needs. Strategies for overcoming common obstacles and engaging kids with different learning styles are explored. Chapters also share ways to incorporate mindfulness into a broad range of children's activities, such as movement, sports, music, games, writing, and art. Giving clinicians and educators practices they can use immediately, the book includes clear explanations of relevant research findings.