Most of the lectures in this course were part of a class entitled "Pastoral Care and Abuse" taught for many years at Fuller Theological Seminary by Dr. Dale Ryan. So what you will find here is the kind of material that might be helpful to pastors-in-training. Expect it to feel fairly protestant and generally evangelical (or post-evangelical, semi-evangelical, quasi-evangelical) in tone -- if these … [Read more...] about Recovery 101: Pastoral Care and Abuse
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Bible Studies by Dale and Juanita Ryan
Two series of Bible study guides by Dale & Juanita Ryan are available here: The Life Recovery Guide series and the Letting God Be God series. Both were originally published by InterVarsity Press and are now out of print. The studies have been reformatted to 8.5x11 and are photo-copy ready. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these files. Acrobat Reader is free from Adobe. The Life … [Read more...] about Bible Studies by Dale and Juanita Ryan
Audio Recordings
Meditations and Workshops Most of these audio recordings were made at a variety of NACR sponsored conferences. Some contain question/answer segments during which the questions may not be audible. The older recordings may not match your expectations in terms of audio quality. But there's a lot of good stuff here!! As always, take what works and leave the rest. Enjoy. Juanita … [Read more...] about Audio Recordings
Grieving the Losses in 12 Step Recovery
by Pat Means I am ill because of wounds to the soul, to the deep emotional self and the wounds to the soul take a long, long time, only time can help and patience, and a certain difficult repentance long, difficult repentance, realization of life's mistake, and the freeing oneself from the endless repetition of the mistake which mankind at large has chosen to sanctify. "Healing" D.H. … [Read more...] about Grieving the Losses in 12 Step Recovery