Gerald G. May, M.D., Addiction and Grace – Love and Spirituality in the Healing of Addictions, 1988, Harper Collins, New York, NY. An overview of attachments and various addictions we may suffer, and their relationship to spiritual awareness. Compassionate. This is a recommended core resource.
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Finding Hope – Ways to See Life in a Brighter Light
Ronna Fay Jevne and James E. Miller, Finding Hope – Ways to See Life in a Brighter Light, 1999, Willowgreen Publishing, Fort Wayne, Indiana. A simple little booklet offering tips for hope in any circumstances. This is a recommended core resource for individuals, caregivers and Meetings.
Religion and Mental Illness
Carol Murphy, Religion and Mental Illness, 1955, Pendle Hill, Wallingford, Pennsylvania. Though written in 1955 and therefore not up to date , this pamphlet makes important points about the role of spiritualty and pastoral care in healing and support for those with mental illnesses.
The Spirituality of Imperfection
Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham, The Spirituality of Imperfection, Storytelling and the Search for Meaning, 1992 Bantam, New York, NY, weaves stories from various traditions to explore spirituality and human condition, interdependence, imperfection and community. This is a recommended core resource for a Spirituality and Aging collection.
Grounded in God: Care and Nurture in Friends Meetings
Edited by Patricia McBee, Grounded in God: Care and Nurture in Friends Meetings, 2002, Quaker Press of Friends General Conference, Philadelphia.
