Empowering Hope and Healing
Chaplain Resources
Books
Good Grief, Granger E. Westberg
Listening and Caring Skills, John Savage
Disappointment with God, Phillip Yancey
On Death and Dying, Elisabeth Kubler Ross, M.D.
Living Through Personal Crisis, Ann Kaiser Stearns
The Unwanted Gift of Grief, Tim V. VanDuivendyk, DMin, The Hayworth Pastoral Press, Inc. 2006
Online
- www.heartlight.org HeartLight (Positive resources for daily Christian living)
- www.lifelinechaplaincy.org Lifeline Chaplaincy (Providing compassionate support to the seriously ill, their families and caregivers, and to being an educational resource for crisis ministry.)
- www.chaplainsonhand.org (Help from professional health care chaplains for everyone – whoever you are, whatever you believe.)
- www.nami.org National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the United States’ largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building
better lives for the millions affected by mental illness. NAMI advocates for access to services, treatment, supports and research and is steadfast in its commitment to raise awareness and
build a community for hope for all of those in need.) - http://bhin.usmcmccs.org/uploads/Chap%20Ref%20Tool%20&%20Spiritual%20Fitness%20Guide.pdf Chaplain Referral Tool (This tool was developed for use in military situations to
determine if referral to a professional chaplain is warranted. It is valuable outside the military as well.)
Training
- Chaplain Allen, in association with Lifeline Chaplaincy, is available to provide three hour to three day training sessions at your location on the general subject of “Ministry to Persons in Illness and Loss”.
Topics include: Loss and Crisis, Listening Strategies and Communication Skills, Perceptions, “Why Me?”, Grief and Grieving, Spiritual Distress, Effective Hospital Ministry, etc. - Professional chaplaincy organizations: APC and CPE training
- Lay training organizations such as Stephen Ministries & Lifeline Chaplaincy