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His other books include Spiritual Growth in a Time of Change (BRF, 2016). He also contributes to BRF's New Daylight Bible reading notes. Dr Debbie Hawker is a psychologist based in Nottingham with a global reputation as a specialist in debriefing and trauma counselling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Tim Herbert, Director, SYZYGY Missions Support Network\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTony Horsfall and Debbie Hawker have combined their unique talents to produce this new resource. As one would expect from two authors with excellent track records, it does not disappoint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDefining resilience not as merely 'bouncing back' (as I so often have done!) but helpfully quoting a variety of authors to demonstrate that the status quo in our lives may not be restored after a trauma, though what we learned in the process changes us for the better, they have come up with their own model for understanding the different facets of life which impact upon our ability. They call it 'SPECS' and I will not explain that here so that I don't have a negative impact on their book sales! Suffice to say it considers all aspects of our human being to ensure we have a complete awareness of how to balance our lives well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chapters explore each of these facets in turn, first the psychology (Debbie) and then a character study from the Bible (Tony). This useful pairing means that the theory, presented simply enough for the amateur to understand but deeply enough to be helpful and authoritative, is balanced with lived-out practice, which is thoughtfully and interestingly brought to us. Each chapter closes with helpful questions for reflection, which gives the book the feel more of a devotional rather than a textbook, usefully bringing together two genres. At the end is a quick but effective self-assessment to highlight the reader's current life practice and how it affects each facet of their resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReading this book I felt better informed about resilience, and inspired to maintain it. I commend this resource to practitioners of pastoral care for whom it is an invaluable addition to the bookshelf, and to all Christians who will find information to help them thrive in their daily lives'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReview by Tim Herbert, Director, SYZYGY Missions Support Network\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e_______________________________________________\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Phil Jolley of ECMI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a practical and helpful book dealing with different aspects to help develop resilience alongside snapshots of characters from the Bible that illustrates those aspects at work. The material that is presented covers building resilience in the areas of the spiritual, physical, emotional, cognitive and creative, social and systemic (SPECS) parts of our lives and then illustrates those through the biblical record of characters like Nehemiah, Elijah, David, Joseph, the early disciples and Jesus himself. A whole chapter is devoted to resilient women in the Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rev_body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions at the end of each chapter help to move it on from merely information transfer to active engagement and application for one’s own life and at the end there is a personal resilience rating scale to help the reader assess their own level of resilience, as well as a resilience “creed” that is both challenging and inspirational and could be used in a church or group setting. Overall, the book is pitched at a level that any reader looking for help in dealing with life’s normal as well as extreme challenges will be able to respond to with gratitude for the insights and practical counsel given.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI could do worse than sum up the central message of the book through a quotation that the authors have added from Tim Herbert: “How do we develop these deep roots? To use a sapling as an analogy, trees develop deep roots by going through hardship… We know that we need to stake a young tree to stop it blowing over in the first place, but… if we stake it too tightly, it… will not develop deep roots. Only if it is allowed to wave in the wind will its roots go deeper in the ground to provide more stability. The more it shakes, the further the roots will go seeking rocks to hang on to. For us, those rocks are God and the great truths of our salvation.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"blogpost_authorbio\" class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Phil Jolley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003ePhil Jolley works for European Christian Mission International. Previously based in Spain, he now works in the International office as Director of Finance and Administration\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e _____________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA very personal reader review. Name supplied.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a book suitable for all different types of people: professionals, people with health issues or challenges in any sphere of their lives, and useful to people of other faiths or none. For an understanding of the psychology of resilience beyond its use as a ‘buzzword’ see the first chapter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCo-written in alternate chapters by a Christian clinical psychologist and a prolific Christian writer and theologian, it is based on a Biblical perspective of resilience, seeking to show that being resilient in the Bible sense does not mean being unflawed, just being willing to persevere and learn lessons from great hardship instead of becoming ‘hardened’ and not giving up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing as an approach a model called ‘SPECS’ (standing for Spiritual, Physical, Emotional, Cognitive \u0026amp; Creative and Social \u0026amp; Systemic) the book helps identify key areas in each of these fields in which to grow in resilience and give oneself ‘margin’ and time to enable the change to take place and ‘take root’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow to become more personally specific. I was feeling quite low and not at all ‘bouncy’ when I did the questionnaire at the back of the book and to my surprise, given that I was coping with a very recent Autistic Spectrum Disorder diagnosis, I found that in the sphere of spiritual resilience my ‘score’ was surprisingly high. This is down to a very good family, friends and faith (i.e. Church) support network. It cheered me up just to realise I was not at the ‘bottom of the chart’ when taking all five areas into consideration, but ‘fair to middling’. It helped me differentiate between the physical side and the emotional, social etc. and gave me a greater understanding of areas I could work on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is almost like a devotional at times, with in-depth study of the Bible characters. For me, the ‘Resilient Women of the Bible’ chapter was outstanding. I thoroughly recommend it and I will be giving it to friends – Christians and others –- as I have already seen how it could be of help to people who are family\/carers of people on the Spectrum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also usable as a manual to help with daily life. Debbie Hawker has incorporated a great deal of resilience into her own life through her faith. This for me is the ultimate test of a self-help ‘system’: it works in daily living. Thanks to both authors, great! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\nThis is a really useful book - readable, practical and with sufficient supportive evidence and further reading to be authoritative and engaging. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIan Orton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2019-01-18T15:25:37+00:00","created_at":"2019-01-18T15:25:38+00:00","vendor":"Tony Horsfall","type":"Paperback","tags":["Mar-19"],"price":999,"price_min":999,"price_max":999,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":21770222338148,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857467348","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Resilience in Life and Faith: Finding your strength in God - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":999,"weight":600,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857467348"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857467348-l_grande_3a84b95e-4be3-4914-9be2-cf0d5eaf8695.jpg?v=1558099590","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857467348-l.jpg?v=1558099590"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857467348-l_grande_3a84b95e-4be3-4914-9be2-cf0d5eaf8695.jpg?v=1558099590","options":["Format"],"content":"\u003cp\u003eTony Horsfall and Debbie Hawker encourage us to develop our resilience and to prepare ourselves for the challenges that life throws at us in an increasingly difficult world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough biblical wisdom and psychological insight, they show us how to understand ourselves better, appreciate our areas of strength and strengthen our areas of weakness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead this book if you want a faith that persists to the finishing line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTony Horsfall is a freelance trainer and associate trainer with EQUIP, a missions programme based near Doncaster. He is an elder of his local church in West Yorkshire and regularly travels abroad leading retreats and Quiet Days. His other books include Spiritual Growth in a Time of Change (BRF, 2016). He also contributes to BRF's New Daylight Bible reading notes. Dr Debbie Hawker is a psychologist based in Nottingham with a global reputation as a specialist in debriefing and trauma counselling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Tim Herbert, Director, SYZYGY Missions Support Network\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTony Horsfall and Debbie Hawker have combined their unique talents to produce this new resource. As one would expect from two authors with excellent track records, it does not disappoint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDefining resilience not as merely 'bouncing back' (as I so often have done!) but helpfully quoting a variety of authors to demonstrate that the status quo in our lives may not be restored after a trauma, though what we learned in the process changes us for the better, they have come up with their own model for understanding the different facets of life which impact upon our ability. They call it 'SPECS' and I will not explain that here so that I don't have a negative impact on their book sales! Suffice to say it considers all aspects of our human being to ensure we have a complete awareness of how to balance our lives well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chapters explore each of these facets in turn, first the psychology (Debbie) and then a character study from the Bible (Tony). This useful pairing means that the theory, presented simply enough for the amateur to understand but deeply enough to be helpful and authoritative, is balanced with lived-out practice, which is thoughtfully and interestingly brought to us. Each chapter closes with helpful questions for reflection, which gives the book the feel more of a devotional rather than a textbook, usefully bringing together two genres. At the end is a quick but effective self-assessment to highlight the reader's current life practice and how it affects each facet of their resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReading this book I felt better informed about resilience, and inspired to maintain it. I commend this resource to practitioners of pastoral care for whom it is an invaluable addition to the bookshelf, and to all Christians who will find information to help them thrive in their daily lives'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReview by Tim Herbert, Director, SYZYGY Missions Support Network\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e_______________________________________________\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Phil Jolley of ECMI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a practical and helpful book dealing with different aspects to help develop resilience alongside snapshots of characters from the Bible that illustrates those aspects at work. The material that is presented covers building resilience in the areas of the spiritual, physical, emotional, cognitive and creative, social and systemic (SPECS) parts of our lives and then illustrates those through the biblical record of characters like Nehemiah, Elijah, David, Joseph, the early disciples and Jesus himself. A whole chapter is devoted to resilient women in the Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rev_body\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuestions at the end of each chapter help to move it on from merely information transfer to active engagement and application for one’s own life and at the end there is a personal resilience rating scale to help the reader assess their own level of resilience, as well as a resilience “creed” that is both challenging and inspirational and could be used in a church or group setting. Overall, the book is pitched at a level that any reader looking for help in dealing with life’s normal as well as extreme challenges will be able to respond to with gratitude for the insights and practical counsel given.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI could do worse than sum up the central message of the book through a quotation that the authors have added from Tim Herbert: “How do we develop these deep roots? To use a sapling as an analogy, trees develop deep roots by going through hardship… We know that we need to stake a young tree to stop it blowing over in the first place, but… if we stake it too tightly, it… will not develop deep roots. Only if it is allowed to wave in the wind will its roots go deeper in the ground to provide more stability. The more it shakes, the further the roots will go seeking rocks to hang on to. For us, those rocks are God and the great truths of our salvation.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"blogpost_authorbio\" class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eReviewed by Phil Jolley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003ePhil Jolley works for European Christian Mission International. Previously based in Spain, he now works in the International office as Director of Finance and Administration\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e _____________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA very personal reader review. Name supplied.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a book suitable for all different types of people: professionals, people with health issues or challenges in any sphere of their lives, and useful to people of other faiths or none. For an understanding of the psychology of resilience beyond its use as a ‘buzzword’ see the first chapter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCo-written in alternate chapters by a Christian clinical psychologist and a prolific Christian writer and theologian, it is based on a Biblical perspective of resilience, seeking to show that being resilient in the Bible sense does not mean being unflawed, just being willing to persevere and learn lessons from great hardship instead of becoming ‘hardened’ and not giving up!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing as an approach a model called ‘SPECS’ (standing for Spiritual, Physical, Emotional, Cognitive \u0026amp; Creative and Social \u0026amp; Systemic) the book helps identify key areas in each of these fields in which to grow in resilience and give oneself ‘margin’ and time to enable the change to take place and ‘take root’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow to become more personally specific. I was feeling quite low and not at all ‘bouncy’ when I did the questionnaire at the back of the book and to my surprise, given that I was coping with a very recent Autistic Spectrum Disorder diagnosis, I found that in the sphere of spiritual resilience my ‘score’ was surprisingly high. This is down to a very good family, friends and faith (i.e. Church) support network. It cheered me up just to realise I was not at the ‘bottom of the chart’ when taking all five areas into consideration, but ‘fair to middling’. It helped me differentiate between the physical side and the emotional, social etc. and gave me a greater understanding of areas I could work on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is almost like a devotional at times, with in-depth study of the Bible characters. For me, the ‘Resilient Women of the Bible’ chapter was outstanding. I thoroughly recommend it and I will be giving it to friends – Christians and others –- as I have already seen how it could be of help to people who are family\/carers of people on the Spectrum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also usable as a manual to help with daily life. Debbie Hawker has incorporated a great deal of resilience into her own life through her faith. This for me is the ultimate test of a self-help ‘system’: it works in daily living. Thanks to both authors, great! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"clearfix\"\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\nThis is a really useful book - readable, practical and with sufficient supportive evidence and further reading to be authoritative and engaging. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIan Orton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e"}

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She replied that she enjoyed writing (she has already written two other books for BRF) and wanted to say something from her heart for retirees and those coming up to retirement age, as well as for their friends and families, carers and other professionals involved with older people.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe book reflects Wendy’s chatty style and friendly personality, her strong Christian faith, her personal experiences and her work in pastoral care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book looks attractive inside and out and the contents are well organised and easy to read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first main section – clearing the weeds – gives practical suggestions and spiritual advice about processing any past issues and memories which might sabotage future wellbeing and growth which is the focus of the second section. Again practical suggestions and spiritual advice go hand in hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe passionate message of the message of the book is that older people have a huge amount to offer and should not be written off or sidelined but encouraged to go on contributing, learning and growing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are many illustrations from life in the book and also a fictional character called Jim who pops up throughout and who is helped to process some very traumatic experiences and become a positive, contributing person again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe biblical content would make the book more immediately attractive to people with some degree of Christian faith and knowledge, but the practical ideas and psychological insights could be helpful in their own right to others as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Angus MacLeay, Rector St Nicholas Church, Sevenoaks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWendy is a much valued member of St Nicholas Sevenoaks. 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If we believe that life is a gift from God, should we not be viewing retirement as part of an integrated whole and see our latter years as part of God's plan? This book is intended for all to read: individuals preparing for retirement and in their retirement years as well as their families, friends, befrienders, carers and professionals. Written in two sections, 'Uprooting the weeds' and 'Sowing the seeds', it includes questions for group discussion at the end of each chapter, followed by a meditative thought for the day and a closing prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nWendy Billington is Pastoral Assistant Emeritus in the diocese of Rochester, having served many years as a key pastoral worker at St Nicholas Church, Sevenoaks. She now uses her wide experience, skills and knowledge leading training courses and in one-to-one pastoral support. She is trustee of Sevenoaks Counselling Service and the author of Growing a Caring Church: Practical guidelines for pastoral care (BRF, 2010) and I'm Fine: Removing masks and growing into wholeness (BRF, 2013).\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eReviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Jean Watson, Sevenoaks Counselling Newsletter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver a cuppa in Waitrose I asked Wendy why she wrote this book. She replied that she enjoyed writing (she has already written two other books for BRF) and wanted to say something from her heart for retirees and those coming up to retirement age, as well as for their friends and families, carers and other professionals involved with older people.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe book reflects Wendy’s chatty style and friendly personality, her strong Christian faith, her personal experiences and her work in pastoral care.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book looks attractive inside and out and the contents are well organised and easy to read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first main section – clearing the weeds – gives practical suggestions and spiritual advice about processing any past issues and memories which might sabotage future wellbeing and growth which is the focus of the second section. Again practical suggestions and spiritual advice go hand in hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe passionate message of the message of the book is that older people have a huge amount to offer and should not be written off or sidelined but encouraged to go on contributing, learning and growing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are many illustrations from life in the book and also a fictional character called Jim who pops up throughout and who is helped to process some very traumatic experiences and become a positive, contributing person again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe biblical content would make the book more immediately attractive to people with some degree of Christian faith and knowledge, but the practical ideas and psychological insights could be helpful in their own right to others as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Angus MacLeay, Rector St Nicholas Church, Sevenoaks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWendy is a much valued member of St Nicholas Sevenoaks. For many years she served as a Pastoral Assistant and out of that experience she has developed all sorts of pastoral insights. This particular book should be a source of much encouragement to those in their retirement years. Through setting out a helpful scenario which is then developed in each chapter she is able to help us take note of a number of the key issues which we are likely to face during retirement. Each chapter is appropriately linked with a different aspect of the fruit of the Spirit highlighting the attractive nature of living wholeheartedly for Christ right to the end of our days. I trust as this book is read many will be helped in navigating their way through their latter years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReview by Angus MacLeay, Rector St Nicholas Church, Sevenoaks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}

Retired and Inspired: Making the most of our latter years

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Attitudes to retirement vary, and in this book Wendy Billington draws on her pastoral skills and life experience to ask...

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The Mirror That Speaks Back: Looking at, listening to and reflecting your worth in Jesus

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Seriously Messy: Making space for families to talk together about death and life

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{"id":2439776075876,"title":"Thinking of You: a resource for the spiritual care of people with dementia","handle":"thinking-of-you-a-resource-for-the-spiritual-care-of-people-with-dementia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book approaches dementia from a number of angles: biological, psychological, sociological, and theological. After an introduction explaining the multifaceted nature of this set of conditions, some possible theological responses are offered to such questions as: what is the nature of human identity? How can someone with severely impaired cognition have a full spiritual life? The book's final two sections are predominantly practical, addressing the spiritual care of the affected individual and how to help churches support affected individuals and their carers. 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It would make excellent material for house groups and I think it would be good for every Methodist church to have a copy!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Revd Bob Whorton, Chaplain, Sobell House Hospice, Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2019-01-18T15:22:11+00:00","created_at":"2019-01-18T15:22:13+00:00","vendor":"Joanna Collicutt","type":"Paperback","tags":["Mar-17"],"price":999,"price_min":999,"price_max":999,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":21769413722212,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857464910","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Thinking of You: a resource for the spiritual care of people with dementia - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":999,"weight":230,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857464910"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857464910-l.jpg?v=1549043155"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857464910-l.jpg?v=1549043155","options":["Format"],"content":"\u003cp\u003eThis book approaches dementia from a number of angles: biological, psychological, sociological, and theological. After an introduction explaining the multifaceted nature of this set of conditions, some possible theological responses are offered to such questions as: what is the nature of human identity? How can someone with severely impaired cognition have a full spiritual life? The book's final two sections are predominantly practical, addressing the spiritual care of the affected individual and how to help churches support affected individuals and their carers. 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Her other books include Jesus and the Gospel Women, The Dawkins Delusion? (with Alister McGrath) and Meeting Jesus (with Jeremy Duff).\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Julian Meetings Magazine (April 2018). Review by Gail Ballinger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJoanna Collicutt is an experienced clinical neuropsychologist who for many years has worked with people living with conditions affecting the brain, including dementia. An Anglican priest and Advisor for Spiritual Care for Older People in Oxford (Anglican) Diocese.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe book first describes the medical, biological and social aspects of dementia. The biological aspects have excellent line drawings which help to explain various forms of dementia. I found it very accessible - e.g. likening changes in retrieval of memories to organising \/ finding things in an airing cupboard. Joanna conveys the reality of experiencing dementia and how it might feel: she tells of a person being afraid to enter some-one's front door because the doormat looked like a hole in the ground and they feared they might fall into it.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePart two is about the person - what might dementia feel like for them; what is the nature of human identity; how is it possible to have a full spiritual life with dementia. \u003cem\u003eI think therefore I am \u003c\/em\u003eleads to \u003cem\u003eGod thinks, therefore I am\u003c\/em\u003e. Part three is about spiritual care and being with the person with dementia. The final chapters give practical suggestions about dementia friendly churches, full inclusion, being connected, celebration and play. She also refers to support in residential homes. Might some of this information help Julian Meetings?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReview by Gail Ballinger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The Door', June 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDementia is a topic which is regularly highlighted by the media, not only as a subject associated with the increasing number of elderly people in our society but also with reference to well-known individuals found to be suffering from the condition. Joanna Collicutt's inspiring book is a timely, carefully referenced and annotated publication providing helpful advice and dispelling misconceptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDivided into four distinct parts, this resource begins with a medical approach to understanding dementia, first making two important points; that in medical terms dementia is a symptom rather than a disease and that occasional confusion and failing memory, not uncommon in older people, need not be a sign of something more sinister. Using helpful diagrams, the writer describes clearly and succinctly the various types of dementia and their physical causes.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePart two moves on from analysing the condition to considering the sufferer. Using the analogy of the airing cupboard, the writer discusses memory, implicit and explicit. She examines the phrase 'trapped in the present', comparing it to 'life in God's now' and asking, 'How are we to make sense of the experience of dementia theologically?'\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn Part Three, dealing with the spiritual care of people with dementia, the word 're-membering' takes on a new significance, with references to 'person-centred' psychotherapy, the principle of authenticity, listening to body language and the importance of touch. Various aids to re-membering are suggested, including a this-is-my-life book and a memory box. Incidentally, it is recognised that 'being there' for a dementia sufferer has its cost, with a helpful section on dealing with one's own feelings.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn Part Four dementia-friendly churches are examined, the emphasis being on a community that is friendly to all. Practical suggestions, which will benefit both the physically and mentally impaired, are made to enable full inclusion. Also in this section is a suggested form of worship and a simple weekday service of celebration. Finally, in a chapter entitled 'Safe enough to play' the writer discusses types of abuse and the required response should there be evidence of this.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWritten from a Christian perspective, this book is both informative and challenging. It evidences great skill in dealing with complex concepts clearly and comprehensibly, and is a resource which should be on the bookshelves of all clergy and those involved with pastoral care.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Revd Thelma Shacklady\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMethodist Recorder, June 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 'Thinking of You: A resource for the spiritual care of people with dementia, Joanna Collicutt writes as a priest in the Church of England and as a clinical neuropsychologist. This book is an excellent introduction to the subject of dementia and a very practical spiritual resource for churches. An easy to understand, medical approach to dementia is outlined at the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI found Joanna's analogy of an airing cupboard to describe the experience of dementia very useful. Newly-weds are given household linen and these items are neatly and carefully stored on the bottom shelf of the airing cupboard. As the years go by, easy-care sheets are placed on top of these -- then underpants and socks are thrown on top. As long as the door opens easily, all is well and items can be retrieved. But what if the door slowly closes? You now reach in through a narrowing gap to find what you need; it will be much easier to access the orderly folded linen at the bottom and it will be pure luck if you find a sock.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn the same way, a person living with dementia will find that memories which are deeply embedded and laid down in an orderly fashion are easiest to access. Joanna makes a distinction between explicit memories and implicit ones: an example of an implicit memory would be a hymn you do not recognise until the music starts and you find you know it. A person with dementia might not remember a visit from a relative or friend (explicit memory), but may be aware of kindness and touch (implicit memory). God holds us in mind, as the father of the prodigal son holds his absent son in mind. Although his son is in a distant land he is never forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI found the most moving part of the book in the author's reminder about Easter in relation to dementia. On Good Friday Jesus is stripped of his capacities and on Holy Saturday he descends into the underworld to be with those forgotten by the world -- a profound solidarity. Joanna sees the calling of the churches to 'pick up the stitches which have been dropped'. There is practical advice on how to be with a person with dementia: we may allow a person their feelings of joy and despair, which can be incredibly intense.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAbove all, we need to cultivate 'an attitude of mindfulness to what we most fear'. Simple training is on offer to become a 'dementia friend'. Practical suggestions are offered, such as printing out Bible readings in large script, using traditional words to hymns and offering lifts.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI found this book easy to read and digest. It would make excellent material for house groups and I think it would be good for every Methodist church to have a copy!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Revd Bob Whorton, Chaplain, Sobell House Hospice, Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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Her blog, Kindred Of The Quiet Way, reflects on simple and spiritual Christian lifestyle.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery much a new edition of a well thumbed book the author's insights have not only stood the test of time, it first edition was over twenty years ago, but has become an even more valuable resource.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in four distinct parts - each easily read separately - it is useful for the professional pastoral worker in health and hospice care, people who are coming to terms with a significant death, those who have the pastoral care of people going through many kinds of grief, and some helpful notes for those called to the ministry of leading funeral services.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough full of theological reflections, of which readers should not be afraid to dive into, it is a common sense guide borne out of years of ministry around the edges of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenelope is able to be honest with her readers as she walks the path between being the pastor who cares and the church minister who is somehow expected to grasp opportunities for evangelism and conversion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her careful, often intimate, illustrations and reflections she brings her readers to a glorious understanding that Jesus is indeed wherever the people of God are and the task of the pastor is simply to reveal the light and allow the God of Love to shine in the darkest corners of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA book to be read and treasured by clergy and readers, pastoral workers and those in grief themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI will be seeking out her other publications!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Andrew Dotchin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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Facing Midlife

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Facing Death

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{"id":2439756906596,"title":"Ill Health","handle":"ill-health","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether we are going through a period of being house-bound through ill health or facing a short or longer stay in hospital, we can find help and consolation in the Bible. This book offers 24 undated reflections drawing on a range of relevant Bible passages, and offering ways of connecting more closely with God and drawing strength, peace and security from the knowledge of his presence with us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nAs a freelance writer, Wendy Bray has written and published widely. She wrote the award-winning In the Palm of God's Hand (BRF, 2000), a diary about her struggle with cancer, and contributes to Day by Day with God Bible reading notes. Wendy continues to write and, recently ordained, currently serves as curate at St Pancras Church, Plymouth.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n","published_at":"2019-01-18T15:21:03+00:00","created_at":"2019-01-18T15:21:05+00:00","vendor":"Wendy Bray","type":"Paperback","tags":["May-15"],"price":399,"price_min":399,"price_max":399,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":21769153740900,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780857462312","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Ill Health - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":399,"weight":64,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780857462312"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857462312-l.jpg?v=1549043168"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9780857462312-l.jpg?v=1549043168","options":["Format"],"content":"\u003cp\u003eWhether we are going through a period of being house-bound through ill health or facing a short or longer stay in hospital, we can find help and consolation in the Bible. This book offers 24 undated reflections drawing on a range of relevant Bible passages, and offering ways of connecting more closely with God and drawing strength, peace and security from the knowledge of his presence with us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nAs a freelance writer, Wendy Bray has written and published widely. She wrote the award-winning In the Palm of God's Hand (BRF, 2000), a diary about her struggle with cancer, and contributes to Day by Day with God Bible reading notes. Wendy continues to write and, recently ordained, currently serves as curate at St Pancras Church, Plymouth.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n"}

Ill Health

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{"id":2439732691044,"title":"Growing a Caring Church: Practical guidelines for pastoral care","handle":"growing-a-caring-church-practical-guidelines-for-pastoral-care","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn every church, of every size, meeting people's pastoral needs is a core area of minsitry. If leadership resources are already stretched, however, it can be an area in which it is all too easy to fall short, with potentially disastrous consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWe may notice and feel compassion when we see somebody struggling in some way, but we also need to be properly equipped in order to offer the kind of wise and practical assistance that will start to guide them back towards wholeness of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEarthed in Jesus' command that as his disciples we are to love one another, this book shows how home groups can be places where people's pain and difficulties are noticed, and first steps taken to help.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWriting for both group leaders and members, Wendy Billington offers valuable insights coupled with down-to-earth advice, drawing on her pastoral work in the community and in the local church, as well as on her personal experiences of loss and cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to get started exploring pastoral care\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn theory most of us will agree that to love and care for one another is the responsibility of every Christian. We may well have a desire to create a welcoming and caring church, where the pastoral needs of all its members are met, but how well do we achieve this? Do many fall through the net because we are unaware of their particular needs? Or is it that we shy away, feeling inadequate and ill-equipped, and leave the task to others whom we see as wiser and more experienced than ourselves?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith church leadership resources being overstretched, over recent years small groups have begun to play a significant role in our churches. They provide an ideal setting for spiritual growth and, with the sense of belonging, can offer a climate in which we all feel loved, cared for and supported. As first-line pastoral carers, home group leaders have the opportunity to offer overall pastoral oversight and support to their members.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eGrowing a caring church\u003c\/strong\u003e you will meet individuals within a fictitious home group setting; there is the shy person, the overworked, the stressed... The basic skills of listening are used to address the underlying issues that are causing stumbling blocks to growth and wholeness in the members' lives. There is a chapter focussed on listening and, together with the suggestions given at the end, could be used as the basis for developing our listening skills - an essential tool for all those in caring roles.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen facing a life-threatening illness the would-be carers may be particularly conscious of their own inadequacies - wondering what to say, what to do and how to respond to the emotions with which they are confronted. The book provides practical guidelines to steer you through the specifics; these are interspersed with real-life experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOther issues covered include bereavement and loss, ministering to the older person, nurturing both marriage and the single person. Each chapter and the related suggestions at the end would provide the basic syllabus for initial training in pastoral skills for the creation of pastoral teams within our church families.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA way forward in your church could be to bring together existing pastoral carers - home group leaders, pastoral visitors, and so on - seeing their roles in a more integrative way; and then, with an awareness of strengths and weaknesses, work out how best to use the book to develop their pastoral skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\nI am delighted to see a book that affirms home groups in the local church as a context for pastoral care. This book is well rooted in the author's own experience of life and faith in a large congregation. She gives down-to-earth suggestions, suitable for members as well as leaders, on a range of key issues. The Revd Vera Sinton, former Director of Pastoral Studies, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nWendy Billington co-ordinates the pastoral care programme at St Nicholas Church, Sevenoaks, which includes providing training in pastoral skills, listening to people's concern, bereavement care, marriage enrichment and supporting cancer sufferers and their families. She is a director of the Sevenoaks Christian Counselling Service.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the ACC magazine \u003cem\u003eaccord\u003c\/em\u003e - October 2010\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWe are all called to offer pastoral care to one another whether we are young, old, married, single, widowed, divorced, a church leader, a professional helper, a friend or nominated group leader. In her book Growing a Caring Church: Practical Guidelines for Pastoral Care Wendy Billington presents a clear guide to help us all fulfil this call.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe book provides a scriptural basis to pastoral care as well as the ways in which it might happen. Chapter by chapter it covers particular areas of pastoral need and response - crises, bereavement and loss, marriage, singleness, older age - supported by ideas, examples and stories from Wendy's pastoral and personal experiences. It is not a long book and is written without jargon thus making it very accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhilst primarily aimed at the home group context with suggestions at the end of each section for members to reflect upon, the book is flexible enough to lend itself to pastoral care teams and an individual study, none of which is arduous. Helpfully the book acknowledges pastoral care can happen in different ways, whilst underpinning the value of good listening, thus encouraging those who may be more practical helpers than polished listeners.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWendy challenges us to reach out to one another - no matter what - and inherently acknowledges we are both all called to pastoral care and all in need of it at times. Further, she underlines how pastoral care and mission are partners as the former seeks to demonstrate what the latter preaches as 'facets of the same gospel'.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhilst the book does address the need to attend to boundaries, particularly as we seek to encourage people to take responsibility for their own lives, it does not elaborate on some of the complexities we can encounter in navigating these between pastoral church, pastoral team and church leadership. This said I would certainly recommend this book to churches who want to enhance pastoral care in their fellowship which values and challenges each person within it to develop a loving healing community.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eReviewed by Teresa Onions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Jonathan and Sheila Stephen, \u003cem\u003eWales Evangelical School of Theology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author co-ordinates the pastoral care programme at a church in Sevenoaks. In this book she outlines practical guidelines for pastoral care in local churches. She writes with church leaders in mind and particularly home group leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is short, written in an accessible style and is biblical, practical and warm. The book covers a number of subjects including those most common in churches. The author has been particularly insightful and helpful in the advice she gives on 'how to listen' and how to deal with boundary issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a must for all home group leaders and members of pastoral care teams. Students in training for Christian ministry will find it a valuable addition to their growing libraries.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan and Sheila Stephen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWales Evangelical School of Theology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA review from Jackie Girling, \u003cem\u003eWaverley Operations Manager, CWR\u003c\/em\u003e - July 2010\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI must say there is something about BRF's books that always draws me to pick them up ... perhaps it's knowing that the content can usually be relied on to be relevant, down-to-earth and helpful plus their good design too!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowing a Caring Church\u003c\/strong\u003e did not disappoint me. \u003cem\u003ePractical guidelines for pastoral care\u003c\/em\u003e, its sub-title, is exactly what it is. Wendy Billington brings the home group to the fore, ideally a 'small loving family' which can offer its members a sense of belonging and provide care and spiritual nurture. As well as looking at ways in which we can all care for each other, Wendy puts a spotlight on particular situations, such as caring for the older person, supporting those facing a life-threatening illness and nurturing the single person.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in an easy-to-read style, the book is packed full of helpful suggestions, insights and 'how to' do the stuff of caring - the basic principles of listening skills and how to maintain boundaries for example. In every chapter Wendy helpfully weaves in her own experience - from her personal journey through loss and cancer and from her years of pastoral work both in the community and the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe message throughout is very much that pastoral care is a shared ministry - it is not something that should or indeed can be just done by the leadership or those especially given to pastoral care. A reminder that we are all called to show each other Jesus' love and care. And an encouragement that much of what we could do, whatever we feel our resources might be, is so 'do-able' and that this is a task that we can trust God to equip us for.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA book for every Christian, whatever their place in the body of Christ and whatever their calling.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Good Bookstall\u003c\/em\u003e - June 2010\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs I am involved in pastoral care and home group leading in my local church, I began this book with a great deal of enthusiasm. The author's special emphasis throughout the book is on givng pastoral care in the context of home groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn her introduction Wendy writes 'This book is written with leaders in mind, and particularly leaders of home groups.' She goes on to write out of her own wide experience as a counsellor and carer in the local church. The book is full of practical suggestions and helpful guidance in such areas as listening, coping with bereavement and loss and responding to a crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFor me reading it gave positive affirmation of the way we handle things in our own church, but it did also show me ways to adjust and improve our care. A practical, well written book which I can thoroughly recommend.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eReviewed by Jackie Rowe\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Margaret Killingray, part-time lecturer at the \u003cem\u003eLondon Institute for Contemporary Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI have known Wendy for many years now and I am so glad that she has written this book giving a distillation of her own personal experiences as well as all that she has learnt over the years coordinating the pastoral care at St Nicholas, Sevenoaks and being part of the Sevenoaks Christian Counselling Service.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWendy carries a great deal of the caring with her church, she cannot do everything, although some sometimes expect her too! Nor can the professional counsellors. But the everyday care of ordinary people meeting the ups and downs of an ordinary life \u003cem\u003ecan\u003c\/em\u003e be met to a significant extent by other ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThere are two important processes; firstly we need to become aware that we can and should help each other along - that is one of our calling as Christians; secondly we need the kind of helpful, affirming, manageable and practical advice that Wendy provides in this excellent book.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eReviewed by Margaret Killingray\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2019-01-18T15:19:32+00:00","created_at":"2019-01-18T15:19:33+00:00","vendor":"Wendy Billington","type":"Paperback","tags":["May-10"],"price":699,"price_min":699,"price_max":699,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":21768856469604,"title":"Paperback","option1":"Paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781841017990","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Growing a Caring Church: Practical guidelines for pastoral care - Paperback","public_title":"Paperback","options":["Paperback"],"price":699,"weight":158,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781841017990"}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9781841017990-l.jpg?v=1549043184"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/6107\/4532\/products\/9781841017990-l.jpg?v=1549043184","options":["Format"],"content":"\u003cp\u003eIn every church, of every size, meeting people's pastoral needs is a core area of minsitry. If leadership resources are already stretched, however, it can be an area in which it is all too easy to fall short, with potentially disastrous consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWe may notice and feel compassion when we see somebody struggling in some way, but we also need to be properly equipped in order to offer the kind of wise and practical assistance that will start to guide them back towards wholeness of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEarthed in Jesus' command that as his disciples we are to love one another, this book shows how home groups can be places where people's pain and difficulties are noticed, and first steps taken to help.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWriting for both group leaders and members, Wendy Billington offers valuable insights coupled with down-to-earth advice, drawing on her pastoral work in the community and in the local church, as well as on her personal experiences of loss and cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow to get started exploring pastoral care\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn theory most of us will agree that to love and care for one another is the responsibility of every Christian. We may well have a desire to create a welcoming and caring church, where the pastoral needs of all its members are met, but how well do we achieve this? Do many fall through the net because we are unaware of their particular needs? Or is it that we shy away, feeling inadequate and ill-equipped, and leave the task to others whom we see as wiser and more experienced than ourselves?\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWith church leadership resources being overstretched, over recent years small groups have begun to play a significant role in our churches. They provide an ideal setting for spiritual growth and, with the sense of belonging, can offer a climate in which we all feel loved, cared for and supported. As first-line pastoral carers, home group leaders have the opportunity to offer overall pastoral oversight and support to their members.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003eGrowing a caring church\u003c\/strong\u003e you will meet individuals within a fictitious home group setting; there is the shy person, the overworked, the stressed... The basic skills of listening are used to address the underlying issues that are causing stumbling blocks to growth and wholeness in the members' lives. There is a chapter focussed on listening and, together with the suggestions given at the end, could be used as the basis for developing our listening skills - an essential tool for all those in caring roles.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen facing a life-threatening illness the would-be carers may be particularly conscious of their own inadequacies - wondering what to say, what to do and how to respond to the emotions with which they are confronted. The book provides practical guidelines to steer you through the specifics; these are interspersed with real-life experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eOther issues covered include bereavement and loss, ministering to the older person, nurturing both marriage and the single person. Each chapter and the related suggestions at the end would provide the basic syllabus for initial training in pastoral skills for the creation of pastoral teams within our church families.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA way forward in your church could be to bring together existing pastoral carers - home group leaders, pastoral visitors, and so on - seeing their roles in a more integrative way; and then, with an awareness of strengths and weaknesses, work out how best to use the book to develop their pastoral skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/h5\u003e\nI am delighted to see a book that affirms home groups in the local church as a context for pastoral care. This book is well rooted in the author's own experience of life and faith in a large congregation. She gives down-to-earth suggestions, suitable for members as well as leaders, on a range of key issues. The Revd Vera Sinton, former Director of Pastoral Studies, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor info\u003c\/h5\u003e\nWendy Billington co-ordinates the pastoral care programme at St Nicholas Church, Sevenoaks, which includes providing training in pastoral skills, listening to people's concern, bereavement care, marriage enrichment and supporting cancer sufferers and their families. She is a director of the Sevenoaks Christian Counselling Service.\n\u003ch5\u003eMedia reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the ACC magazine \u003cem\u003eaccord\u003c\/em\u003e - October 2010\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWe are all called to offer pastoral care to one another whether we are young, old, married, single, widowed, divorced, a church leader, a professional helper, a friend or nominated group leader. In her book Growing a Caring Church: Practical Guidelines for Pastoral Care Wendy Billington presents a clear guide to help us all fulfil this call.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe book provides a scriptural basis to pastoral care as well as the ways in which it might happen. Chapter by chapter it covers particular areas of pastoral need and response - crises, bereavement and loss, marriage, singleness, older age - supported by ideas, examples and stories from Wendy's pastoral and personal experiences. It is not a long book and is written without jargon thus making it very accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhilst primarily aimed at the home group context with suggestions at the end of each section for members to reflect upon, the book is flexible enough to lend itself to pastoral care teams and an individual study, none of which is arduous. Helpfully the book acknowledges pastoral care can happen in different ways, whilst underpinning the value of good listening, thus encouraging those who may be more practical helpers than polished listeners.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWendy challenges us to reach out to one another - no matter what - and inherently acknowledges we are both all called to pastoral care and all in need of it at times. Further, she underlines how pastoral care and mission are partners as the former seeks to demonstrate what the latter preaches as 'facets of the same gospel'.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhilst the book does address the need to attend to boundaries, particularly as we seek to encourage people to take responsibility for their own lives, it does not elaborate on some of the complexities we can encounter in navigating these between pastoral church, pastoral team and church leadership. This said I would certainly recommend this book to churches who want to enhance pastoral care in their fellowship which values and challenges each person within it to develop a loving healing community.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eReviewed by Teresa Onions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviewed by Jonathan and Sheila Stephen, \u003cem\u003eWales Evangelical School of Theology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author co-ordinates the pastoral care programme at a church in Sevenoaks. In this book she outlines practical guidelines for pastoral care in local churches. She writes with church leaders in mind and particularly home group leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is short, written in an accessible style and is biblical, practical and warm. The book covers a number of subjects including those most common in churches. The author has been particularly insightful and helpful in the advice she gives on 'how to listen' and how to deal with boundary issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a must for all home group leaders and members of pastoral care teams. Students in training for Christian ministry will find it a valuable addition to their growing libraries.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan and Sheila Stephen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWales Evangelical School of Theology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA review from Jackie Girling, \u003cem\u003eWaverley Operations Manager, CWR\u003c\/em\u003e - July 2010\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI must say there is something about BRF's books that always draws me to pick them up ... perhaps it's knowing that the content can usually be relied on to be relevant, down-to-earth and helpful plus their good design too!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrowing a Caring Church\u003c\/strong\u003e did not disappoint me. \u003cem\u003ePractical guidelines for pastoral care\u003c\/em\u003e, its sub-title, is exactly what it is. Wendy Billington brings the home group to the fore, ideally a 'small loving family' which can offer its members a sense of belonging and provide care and spiritual nurture. As well as looking at ways in which we can all care for each other, Wendy puts a spotlight on particular situations, such as caring for the older person, supporting those facing a life-threatening illness and nurturing the single person.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in an easy-to-read style, the book is packed full of helpful suggestions, insights and 'how to' do the stuff of caring - the basic principles of listening skills and how to maintain boundaries for example. In every chapter Wendy helpfully weaves in her own experience - from her personal journey through loss and cancer and from her years of pastoral work both in the community and the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe message throughout is very much that pastoral care is a shared ministry - it is not something that should or indeed can be just done by the leadership or those especially given to pastoral care. A reminder that we are all called to show each other Jesus' love and care. And an encouragement that much of what we could do, whatever we feel our resources might be, is so 'do-able' and that this is a task that we can trust God to equip us for.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA book for every Christian, whatever their place in the body of Christ and whatever their calling.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eThe Good Bookstall\u003c\/em\u003e - June 2010\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAs I am involved in pastoral care and home group leading in my local church, I began this book with a great deal of enthusiasm. The author's special emphasis throughout the book is on givng pastoral care in the context of home groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn her introduction Wendy writes 'This book is written with leaders in mind, and particularly leaders of home groups.' She goes on to write out of her own wide experience as a counsellor and carer in the local church. The book is full of practical suggestions and helpful guidance in such areas as listening, coping with bereavement and loss and responding to a crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFor me reading it gave positive affirmation of the way we handle things in our own church, but it did also show me ways to adjust and improve our care. A practical, well written book which I can thoroughly recommend.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eReviewed by Jackie Rowe\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview by Margaret Killingray, part-time lecturer at the \u003cem\u003eLondon Institute for Contemporary Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eI have known Wendy for many years now and I am so glad that she has written this book giving a distillation of her own personal experiences as well as all that she has learnt over the years coordinating the pastoral care at St Nicholas, Sevenoaks and being part of the Sevenoaks Christian Counselling Service.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWendy carries a great deal of the caring with her church, she cannot do everything, although some sometimes expect her too! Nor can the professional counsellors. But the everyday care of ordinary people meeting the ups and downs of an ordinary life \u003cem\u003ecan\u003c\/em\u003e be met to a significant extent by other ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThere are two important processes; firstly we need to become aware that we can and should help each other along - that is one of our calling as Christians; secondly we need the kind of helpful, affirming, manageable and practical advice that Wendy provides in this excellent book.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eReviewed by Margaret Killingray\u003c\/p\u003e"}

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