Spiritual Care in Times of Disaster - Select Readings

• Disaster Spiritual Care: Practical Clergy Responses to Community, Regional and National Tragedy  Stephen B. Roberts
• Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience: Integrating Care in Disaster Relief Work
  Grant H. Brenner
• Disaster Mental Health: Theory and Practice  James Halpern
• Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience: Integrating Care in Disaster Relief Work [Paperback] [2009] (Author) Grant H. Brenner, Daniel H. Bush, Joshua Moses
• Group's Emergency Response Handbook for Disaster Relief (Group's Emergency Response Handbooklet) Group Publishing
• Laugh Your Way to Grace: Reclaiming the Spiritual Power of Humor  Susan Sparks
• Professional Spiritual and Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook  Stephen B. Roberts
• In the Wake of Disaster: Religious Responses to Terrorism and Catastrophe  M.D. Harold G Koenig
• Conversation--The Sacred Art: Practicing Presence in an Age of Distraction (Walking Together, Finding the Way)  Diane M. Millis PhD
• Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement)  Robert A. Neimeyer
• The First 48 Hours: Spiritual Caregivers as First Responders  Jennifer S. Cisney
• Trauma and Transformation at Ground Zero: A Pastoral Theology  Storm Swain
• The Heartbeat of God: Finding the Sacred in the Middle of Everything  Katharine Jefferts Schori
• Helping Process: Assessment to Termination  Tricia McClam
• The Losses of Our Lives: The Sacred Gifts of Renewal in Everyday Loss  Nancy Copeland-payton
• The Trauma of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook
  Yael Danieli
• Life is Too Short: Stories of Transformation and Renewal After 9/11  Wendy Stark Healy
• Beyond the Mission: A Guide for Pastoral Counselors on Traumatic Stress in Missionary Relief Workers  Dr. Abel St. Amour
• God in the Raging Waters: Stories of Love And Service Following Hurricanes Katrina And Rita (Lutheran Voices)  Paul Blom
• Sit on Our Hands, or Stand on Our Feet?: Exploring a Practical Theology of Major Incident Response for the Evangelical Catholic Christian Community in the UK (West Theological Monographs)  Roger Philip Abbott
• Loss and Discovery: Responding to Grief with the Compassion of Christ and the Skills of All Gods People  Margaret Wesley
• Who Are the Real Chosen People?: The Meaning of Chosenness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (Center for Religious Inquiry)  Reuven Firestone
• Surviving 9/11: Impact and Experiences of Occupational Therapy Practitioners  Pat Precin
• Hearing the Call Across Traditions: Readings on Faith and Service  Adam Davis
• Catastrophic Crisis: Ministry Leadership in the Midst of Trial and Tragedy  Steve F. Echols

Muslim Employees Say DHL Fired Them for Praying

TIME-by Denver Nicks-Nov 07

Mohamed Maow, 27, a refugee from Somalia who worked at DHL in Hebron, Kentucky, says the company previously offered flexibility on break times that ...

A group of Muslim employees of the global package service DHL have filed complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing the company of firing them for praying.

See also:

• CAIR announces EEOC complaints against DHL Nov 07
• Muslim workers say they were fired for praying Pacific Daily News - Nov 06 
• Two dozen fired after taking break for prayer WBIR-TV-Nov 06

Identification (Religion) - Readings

• Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?: Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith World Brian D. McLaren
• Interculturalism: The New Era of Cohesion and Diversity Ted Cantle
• One Earth Many Religions: Multifaith Dialogue and Global Responsibility Paul F. Knitter
• Rescripting Religion in the City: Migration and Religious Identity in the Modern Metropolis
  Jane Garnett 
• Social Identities Between the Sacred and the Secular (Ashgate Ahrc/Esrc Religion and Society)
  Abby Day
• Modest Fashion: Styling Bodies, Mediating Faith (Dress Cultures) Reina Lewis
• Religion in Consumer Society: Brands, Consumers and Markets (Ashgate Ahrc / Esrc Religion and Society Series) Fran‡ois Gauthier
• Restoring Life's Missing Pieces: The Spiritual Power of Remembering & Reuniting with People, Places, Things & Self Caren Goldman and Dr. Nancy Copeland-Payton 
• Questions: Identity and Diversity (Questions in RE) Rosemary Rivett
• Radically Open: Transcending Religious Identity in an Age of Anxiety Robert F. Shedinger
• Religious Identity and National Heritage: Empirical-Theological Perspectives (Empirical Studies in Theology) International Society for Empirical Rese
• Contested Cultural Heritage: Religion, Nationalism, Erasure, and Exclusion in a Global World Helaine Silverman
• Seeing Faith, Printing Pictures: Religious Identity during the English Reformation (Library of the Written Word 25 / the Handpress World 19) David J. Davis

On the same shelf:

•  The question of religious identity in a global village - Readings

Civilized manner of fighting -- Husband & Wife - too good.....says Ministry of laughter and Creativity

This is the best and most civil way to have a fight between husband and wife instead of resorting to physical force... 

Wifey and Hubby talking together

Here are collections of jokes for married persons, the husband and wife. As I always said, dont take this seriously. Just read and enjoy. The best thing, laugh it loud!!!

Source: Ministry of laughter and Creativity (Kenya) 

WIFE: 
I wrote your name on sand it got washed.. 
I wrote your name in air, it was blown away. 
Then I wrote your name on my heart & I got Heart Attack. 

                           HUSBAND: 
God saw me hungry, he created pizza. 
He saw me thirsty, he created Pepsi. 
He saw me in the dark, he created light. 
He saw me without problems, he created YOU. 

                             WIFE: 
Twinkle twinkle little star 
You should know what you are 
And once you know what you are 
Mental hospital is not so far 

                     HUSBAND: 
The rain makes all things beautiful. 
The grass and flowers too. 
If rain makes all things beautiful 
Why doesn't it rain on you? 

                     WIFE: 
Roses are red; Violets are blue 
Monkeys like u should be kept in zoo. 
Don't feel so angry you will find me there too 
Not in cage but outside, laughing at you 
  
AND THE SAGA CONTINUES........ 

Position of a Husband Is just like a Split AC 
No matter however Loud he is in the Outdoor 
He is designed to remain Silent indoor.... 
...................................................................... 
"Husband is one who is the head of the family, 

but his wife is the neck, and whichever way she turns, he goes." 
......................................................................... 
A man in Hell asked Devil: 
Can I make a call to my Wife? 
After making call he asked how much to pay. 
Devil : Nothing, Hell to hell is Free. 
................................................................. 

Husband: Do you know the meaning of WIFE? 

It means, Without Information, Fighting Everytime! 
Wife: No darling, it means - With Idiot For Ever 
............................................................................
Wife: I wish I was a newspaper, 
So I'd be in your hands all day. 

Husband: I too wish that you were a newspaper, 
So I could have a new one every day. 
.................................................................. 

Doctor: Your husband needs rest and peace. Here are some sleeping Pills. 

Wife: When must I give them to him? 
Doctor: They are for you 
.................................................................... 

Wife: I had to marry you to find out how stupid you are.. 

Husband: You should have known it the minute I asked you to marry me. 
..................................................................... 

Wife: What will you give me if I climb the great Mount Everest ? 

Husband: A lovely Push...! 

and the life goes on........!!!!!

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on the same shelf:

•  Glossary of Relationship Terms

Love your neighbor as yourself, Neighbors' privileges -- Select list of readings

• FULFILLING THE NEIGHBOR'S PRIVILEGES  By: Syed Zafar Mahmood on Nov 02, 2013
• The reading is from Gospel of Mark 12:28-34. (Love your neighbor as yourself)
  

One of the scribes, when he came forward and heard them disputing and saw how well he had answered them, asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”
Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, ‘He is One and there is no other than he.’
And ‘to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself’ is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

• my walk with islam  ...a story about re-awakening spiritual awareness through interfaith experience. Extract:

Love Your Neighbor

You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Judaism: Leviticus 19:18

Regard your Neighbour's gain as your own gain and your neighbour's loss as your own loss. TAOISM:T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ien 

• “Understanding religion may help you understand your neighbor.” @ Leos Don't Judge But we do practice critical tolerance.  
• “Do You Love Me?”, 5774 - Congregation Shomrei Torah 
• Discussion Questions Part B: Invitation to a Tri‐Faith Neighborhood  
• "To love your neighbor means, at the very least, not to discriminate against him,"  religious tolerance | CENTRAL-EUROPEAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ...
• My Neighbour's Faith: Islam Explained for Christians (Hippo) John Azumah
• Not Without My Neighbour: Issues in Interfaith Relations (Risk Book Series) S Wesley Ariarajah
• My Neighbor's Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Tran Jennifer Howe Peace
• Faith in My Neighbour: World Religions in Canada : An Introduction
• My Neighbour's Faith - and Mine: Theological Discoveries through Interfaith Dialogue: A Study Guide World Council Of Churches
• Stories in My Neighbour's Faith: Narratives From World Religions in Canada Susan L. Scott
• Meeting Our Multifaith Neighbors Brice H. Balmer
• Our Neighbor's Faith: Teacher's Guide Lowell Almen
• Honoring Our Neighbors Faith Robert Buckley Farlee
• Our Neighbours' Voices: Will We Listen? (Our Schools) Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coal
• Religions of our neighbors Sid Bentley