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GOING DEEPER
Volume 22, Number 3 Summer 2005

Exploring Healing:

a/ Read Shelly, pp. 6-14. Write down three things you believe about God's role in healing. How are your beliefs similar or different from what Shelly shares from Scripture?

b/ In the Bible, look up one or more of the healing encounters listed in table one, pp. 8-13. What do you see as the most important aspect(s) of the story? Why?

c/ Read one or more of the Stores of Healing on pp. 32-38. Identify a common theme(s) in the stories. What is the significance of the theme(s)?

Dealing with Suffering:

a/ Read Stegmeir, pp. 16-20. What are specific ways you could support a client who asks, "Why is this happening?" What are things you should not do or say?

b/ Read Practicing, pp. 39, 41 and FAQs in Spiritual Care, pp. 40-41. Explain in your own words why God heals or protects some but no others.

Discovering Nightingale:

a/ Read Grypma, pp. 22-28. Why do you think Nightingale believed Christ was woman's greatest ally? What Scripture passages support this belief?

b/ Why did Nightingale believe statistics help us to understand God better? How could use of statistics help in your work?

c/ Nightingale initiated a health focus in nursing. How does the BIble support health promotion? How is a health focus demonstrated in your nursing care?.


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