DIRECTOR’S NOTE: This article was written by the late Dr. Chris Hammon, once the Executive Director of the Wayne Oates Institute and Affiliate Faculty in Leadership for the Drew University Theological School’s Global Online Doctor of Ministry Program. Dr. Hammon passed away after a four-year battle with cancer in 2014. At the Oates Institute the […]
Lesson Category: Article
Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care (PDF)
The first lesson is to review the article contained in the PDF linked below. It is an article from the Journal of Palliative Medicine from 2009 and titled, “Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care: The Report of the Consensus Conference.” Abstract A Consensus Conference sponsored by the Archstone Foundation […]
Your Right to Rest (Pre-Chapter Materials)
Congregational Care Network assignment – Your Right to Rest by Dr. Wayne Oates. Cover and Pre-Chapter Materials – Your Right to Rest
Purchase the book!
Here’s the link to purchase the book for the study: https://www.amazon.com/Serious-Call-Contemplative-Lifestyle/dp/1880837404
The Mom is Just the Moon: A Child’s Growth Into Grief After Loss of a Mother
By E. Michelle Tupper Butler I was a happy child. This seems an odd sentiment for a childhood defined overwhelmingly by the loss of my mother, but the statement is as genuine as is my ongoing awareness of her absence. Her death remains a mystery to me, and my grief for her will always be […]
Math Class Lessons for Helping Grieving Children
When I was in high school, I had the same math teacher every year and he was an excellent math teacher. His name was Mr. Mathis (Mr. Math-is). Many times during those four years I found myself walking up to his desk stuck on a particular math problem. He was never at a loss with […]
Creating Grief Rituals for Children
A Lipstick, a Ribbon and Grey Clay: Creating Grief Rituals for Children I have wrapped a wide red ribbon around a newly hewn stump, slipped a tube of fire- engine- red lipstick into the casket of a seven-year-old, and punched a mound of clay the color of cinders while yelling “I. Am. So. Mad!” How […]
Power to Bless – Week 3 Second Assignment
Living your childhood dreams or enabling the dreams of others: Randy Pausch’s powerful book “The Last Lecture ” offers us a good way to consider being blessed and blessing others with opportunity. Here is his lecture—it’s about 75 minutes long, but well worth the time. The reading guide that accompanies his book has good questions […]
Power to Bless – Week 3 Assignments
Week III The Power to Bless Oates Institute May 1 Gail Henson, Ph. D. 12 hours c.e.u Text: Myron C. Madden, The Power to Bless, revised edition. New Orleans: Insight Press, 1999. Learning outcomes: At the completion of this course, participants will Explain what a blessing is in both theological and psychological terms Explain the […]
Syllabus and Learning Outcomes
The Power to Bless Oates Institute April 12 Gail Henson, Ph. D. 12 hours c.e.u Text: Myron C. Madden, The Power to Bless, revised edition. New Orleans: Insight Press, 1999. Learning outcomes: At the completion of this course, participants will Explain what a blessing is in both theological and psychological terms Explain the consequences of […]