Furthermore, aid agencies and churches around the world are helping to provide education, resources, practical help and
spiritual support for those affected by conflict.
Findings showed that
positive spiritual support (i.e., assistance from one's faith community) is an important predictor of individual disaster resilience among survivors.
After their release, prisoners need to be led into a Christian community for
ongoing spiritual support, something we all need.
We believe God led us back last year (12 years later, this time with our 2 kids in tow), though now without any straight church affiliations, just
spiritual support of mentors and friends.
The mystique of «the ideal family» can obscure the extent to which all kinds of families
need spiritual support from the church.
His Grace Thabo Makgoba also said he is praying that Oscar Pistorius will continue to
receive spiritual support from Christians when he receives his new sentence, as well as the family of the late Reeva Steenkamp.
Politically, we need to provide much better formation for those young Catholics who would aspire to a life of public service; we also need to enhance our support —
including spiritual support — for those already embarked upon this noble vocation.
Connected to this are my thoughts on small groups, or home - groups as we call them in our church: small groups that gather on a regular basis, sometimes for worship and study, but mostly for the
mutual spiritual support of friends and for prayer.
We also discovered that
spiritual support promoted post-disaster religious well - being (i.e., positive perceptions of God) and perceived posttraumatic growth.
Doula is an individual who is professionally trained to provide educational, emotional, physical and
spiritual support during pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period.
I think the physical, emotional, and
spiritual support helped turn a bad situation better much more quickly - and most importantly, it made me feel empowered and not enslaved by discomfort and illness.
All these teachers are passionate to share the yogic sciences with perfection in asanas, breath, skillful techniques with a
deep spiritual support.
She serves as the Interfaith Spiritual Advisor to New England Pet Hospice & Home Care, providing
compassionate spiritual support and guidance to individuals of all faiths as well as those who consider themselves non-religious, spiritual, humanist, agnostic or atheist.
In 2012, Ute decided to start a hospice and bereavement support group for pet guardians to provide a communal forum for emotional and
spiritual support after two of her dogs died within days of each other.
Pastoral Care Education programs need to formally invite faith leaders and lay followers to join, and «chaplaincy» programs should evolve from what were once specific (Judeo - Christian) faith - based supports to
multi-faith spiritual support services.
A Chaplain with the desire to be a Spiritual Counselor and Comforter,
offering spiritual support and comfort to adults and children from different background who are hospitalized for treatment from various physical challenges, to communicate, educate and help families on how to manage and...
Courage is the Catholic Church's only pontifically approved ministry which is specifically committed to providing
spiritual support for persons with same - sex attraction.
Whether you are going through a period of transition,
need spiritual support or experience anxiety / depression, this is a safe and sacred space for you to be supported in your release and elevation of Self.
Moreover, I have a demonstrated ability to
provide spiritual support which is reflective of patient and family needs and belief system
In fact, the science bears this out: In a study I conducted with colleagues after the 2015 South Carolina floods, we found that people who had
positive spiritual support were more likely to demonstrate disaster resilience.
The statement called for understanding, forgiveness and
spiritual support of homosexual persons; expressed opposition to «the unjust and unkind treatment given to homosexuals by individuals, society and the church»; and pledged to minister to homosexuals and «to help them to change their life style in a manner which brings glory to God.»
With practical and
spiritual support from Tearfund, Leontine survived her ordeal; however, more than a year on she is still in excruciating physical and emotional pain, and her attackers have never been brought to justice.
(Research, editorial and
spiritual support provided by Bryan Borzykowski; «artistic» support by Trevor Melanson)
«Whether he's in or out [of prison] the pastors will still offer him [Pistorius] the necessary pastoral support without necessarily condoning what has happened, that the pastors will continue to offer Reeva's family the pastoral and
spiritual support.
I'd like to note that when we «pray for someone» in the face of difficulty, it also means in addition to
spiritual support, we should do something tangible and practical for the person.
«to form
a spiritual support system which would ass.ist men and women with same-s.e.x attractions in living chaste lives in fellowship, truth and love.»
According to its website, Courage was started in 1980 by the late Terence Cardinal Cooke in Manhattan «to form
a spiritual support system which would assist men and women with same - sex attractions in living chaste lives in fellowship, truth and love.»
We reached out to family, fellow parishioners and friends near and far for practical and
spiritual support.
There is little support from within the community — not even
the spiritual support of an active artistic tradition.
They simply don't know enough nor do they have
any spiritual support system around them.)
Community groups such as SPUC, LIFE and the Good Counsel Network are some of the agencies who provide alternatives to abortion including social, material, psychological and
spiritual support for the woman during pregnancy and afterwards.
But as a condition of receiving hospice's multidisciplinary approach — house calls by nurses and pain control specialists, as well as social and
spiritual support for patients and families — patients must forgo all life - extending or curative interventions.