After concluding my class on spiritual care today I kept pondering over the meaning of spirituality. A word of the song came to my mind, “I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.” I thought to myself, this is truly the essence of spirituality. It is not that [...]
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Spirituality: Being a Part of That Which is Bigger than Us
Posted in Church, Compassion, Health, Life, Psychology, Psychology and Religion, Religion, Spirituality on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sustainability and Local Economy
Posted in Economy, Globalization, Health, Life, Personal, Poverty on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
During the Anthropology of Mission class the question of sustainable development was raised when Martine Polycarpe, Director of Health at Adventist Development and Relief Agency, presented her view on the ethics of short-term mission. She points out that development is effective only when it is sustainable and sustainability is possible when there are either continuity [...]
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I couple of my esteemed colleagues published books that you may want to consider reading:
Jane Maynard, Transfiguring Loss: Julian of Norwich as a Guide for Survivors of Traumatic Grief. Pilgrim Press, 2006.
David Hogue, Remembering the Future, Imagining the Past: Story, Ritual, and the Human Brain. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2003.
Kathleen Greider, Much Madness Is Divinest Sense: Wisdom in Memoirs of Soul-Suffering. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2007.
Siroj Sorajjakool, Do Nothing: Inner Peace for Everyday Living: Reflections on Chuang Tzu's Philosophy: Templeton, 2009.
