This book is the second in a series, intended to be used after the first book, Healing the Wounds of Trauma: How the Church Can Help. The first book helps people heal from trauma and loss using biblical and mental health principles. This second book, Strength from Weakness, helps people grow through their suffering and become more resilient so they are better prepared to face suffering in the future. It helps them explore more layers of their trauma and pain, and experience deeper layers of healing.

Strength from Weakness: Growing through Suffering

Religion & Spirituality

Harriet Hill

Margaret Hill

Godfrey Loum

Christian Books & Bibles

American Bible Society

Authors Harriet Hill, Margaret Hill, Dick Baggé, and Pat Miersma This book offers a practical approach to engaging the Bible and mental health principles to find God s healing for wounds of the heart. This provides a strong foundation for restored lives and relationships. It is a resource for leaders in churches and NGOs who care for people who have suffered horrific events like war, civil unrest, ethnic conflict, rape, and natural disasters. It will also help individuals struggling with suffering. It provides core mental health principles within a biblical framework, an approach that has been field tested since 2001 with leaders from Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and independent churches. It has been adapted into more than 150 languages and cultures around the world. It is designed for use in groups and written in simple and non-technical language. Each lesson begins with a story depicting its topic, followed by discussion questions and participatory exercises. The book includes 270 Bible references from 217 passages. This is the core book of the Trauma Healing Institute at American Bible Society. Endorsements This book puts clear information about trauma in the hands of the global church. Its roots go down deep into the work of Christ on the cross and the truths of God s Word. The teachings are sound and give ample room to the importance of understanding what trauma does to human beings, the need to tell their story and to grieve. The book is a gift to the body of Jesus. Diane Langberg, Ph.D. , psychologist and author, Co-Chair, Trauma Healing Advisory Council Paperback. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. 144 pages.

Healing the Wounds of Trauma: How the Church Can Help, Expanded Edition 2016

Dick Baggé

and Pat Miersma

This is the child s book for the Healing Hearts ClubTM program of Bible-based trauma healing for children who have experienced war, abuse, or a similar human or natural disaster. 
 The Healing Hearts Club features an interactive, story-centered, field-tested approach that provides vital mental health information within a biblical framework for children aged 9 13. It is designed for use in churches, orphanages, schools, or dedicated camps. Each child in a Healing Hearts Club session should get a copy of this book to keep. Lay facilitators can plan and lead the program using the companion Facilitator Book, HEALING CHILDREN S WOUNDS OF TRAUMA (ISBN 9781937628932). 
 Each of the ten lessons includes two illustrated stories a Bible story and a composite real-life story about the experiences of Sami and Rose so children can see the effects of trauma, learn how to work through their emotional and spiritual pain, and experience God s love for them. Each lesson also includes a memory verse and other activities to help children engage with the materials.

Healing Hearts Club Story and Activity Book

Children's Books

Debbie Braaksma

Lyn Westman

Religions

Wherever adults suffer, children suffer doubly. This book equips churches and concerned adults to help children recover after traumatic events like war or abuse. It is the leader s guide for the Healing Hearts ClubTM program, an interactive, story-centered, field-tested model of Bible-based trauma healing that provides vital mental health information for children in a biblical framework.  Using this book, lay leaders work with children aged 9 13 in small groups. Each child receives the companion volume, the HEALING HEARTS CLUB STORY & ACTIVITY BOOK (ISBN 9781937628901). This facilitator s book includes the stories, along with activities, games, memory verses, and clear, comprehensive, and practical guidelines on how to run an effective trauma healing program for children whether as a week-long camp or in weekly classes. Appendixes provide guidance for working with younger children or with teenagers.  Each of the ten lessons includes a Bible story and a composite real-life story about the experiences of Sami and Rose so children can see the effects of trauma, learn how to work through their emotional and spiritual pain, and experience God s love for them. The book has been field tested with leaders and children from Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, and independent churches and orphanages.  This book is part of the product line from the Trauma Healing Institute at American Bible Society. It uses the same approach as the adult book, Healing the Wounds of Trauma. The Institute provides ongoing support for this program, including an online resource packet with supporting material.

Healing Children's Wounds of Trauma

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