| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 208 pages) |
| Contents |
Part I. The movement of the spirit -- At the doorway -- Jerry's song -- The potter's field -- Part II. The life of the soul -- Approaching Mary -- Companioning Breezy -- Creating Karl's circle of care -- Grace -- Part III. A community of tenderness -- Do you know the legend? -- Home, healing, and wholeness -- Caring for the soul of the world -- Words are medicine, too |
| Summary |
Since 1987, Craig Rennebohm has ministered to people on the streets of Seattle who are homeless and struggling with mental illness. In Souls in the Hands of a Tender God, he tells the evocative stories of persons who desperately need psychiatric, psychological, and spiritual support-like Mary, who surrounds herself with huge trash bags for protection from a threatening world; Jerry, whose fits of rage get him barred from every shelter and meal program in Seattle; and others, abandoned and marginalized by their community, who need care and treatment to find their way back to a life of stability and meaning. As Rennebohm reaches out to each one, their stories become parables that explore mental illness and the spiritual heart of care and recovery, helping us understand what it means to be human, on a pilgrimage together toward wholeness. As these stories unfold, we encounter Rennebohm's powerful experiences with a God of kindness and compassion, drawn from his own life and the lives of those he has aided in their struggles with homelessness and with mental illness. Souls in the Hands of a Tender God offers a clear understanding of Spirit, faith, soul, and religion that will prove invaluable to individual conversations and to dialogue among congregations about how we can best serve "the least among us." Souls in the Hands of a Tender God follows the path of healing and the way of companionship to build communities of caring that welcome and include our most fragile and troubled neighbors. With gentleness and grace, solid knowledge and wisdom, Rennebohm lays down the foundations of healing communities in which all may have a home, safely rest, and be well. From the Hardcover edition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mental health -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Spiritual healing.
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Mental illness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Healing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Spiritual biography.
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RELIGION -- Devotional.
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Devotional.
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Healing -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Mental health -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Mental illness -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Spiritual biography
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Spiritual healing
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Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Paul, David W.
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| ISBN |
9780807097427 |
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080709742X |
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