Spirituality

The first session will take place in the large activities room, with a small group of participants, adequate lighting, round tables, with chairs if needed, (3) Beamz and electric outlets. Before group starts, Beamz will be on three different tables. The therapist will check that client has adaptive equipment if needed, glasses and any other assistive devices needed for routine activity participation. The therapist will post a sign on the door requesting no interruptions. To begin the Beamz…

As we have been exploring the ideas of faith and Christianity in class, we were called to look deeper into the meaning of Christianity through various self-designated books. Francine Rivers’ story, The Shoe Box, is centered around a child by the name of Timmy O’Neil and the raggedy brown box he carries by his side at all times. Francine Rivers mentions before the start of the story how she formulated this book based directly on her own experiences. The overall purpose of this book was to convey…

Contemplating on whether or not faith has a role in your well-being has been a question asked throughout time. No one has the answer but people have their own opinions. Richard Sloan and Dr. Musunuru make a considerate amount of great points. All with the goal to help you understand what they believe. Does faith in a higher power have an affect on our life? After reading both papers I sided more with Sloan’s work “A Fighting Spirit Won’t Save Your Life.” This paper specifically stuck out to…

Why it is so important to study and have an understanding of world religion in the nursing field is because not everyone believes in the same thing and people do different things based on their religion. If a nurse wants to provide awesome care to their patients they need to be able to understand and provide their wants based on the patients religion. That's why when a patient is first admitted the nurse goes over an admission database that goes over a list of questions, religion and…

Oasis was definitely a church that was different. It is not your typical church. For years we struggled in knowing how to create the church we wanted. There was a season when things got so difficult that I wasn’t sure I wanted to continue. But, the church we had established was not the church we had dreamed of. The first few years of ministry was a lot of "it seemed like a good idea at the time" experiences strung together. Failure isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. After a series of challenges…

The Importance Of Prayer In Public Schools The act of group prayer, or reading the Bible in public schools, whether it is between students and teachers, just students, or as a group activity fro the entire school is illegal in the United States. This is made so by the establishment clause of the first amendment. Countless people agree with this law while a few, similar to myself, strongly disagree. I believe that schools should be aloud to hold prayer services together if they wish to. This is…

The spiritual experience I am going to describe, that has led me to apply at Colorado Christian University, is being set free from a life of physical, spiritual, emotional and mental bondage by the love of Jesus Christ. For the last fifteen years I have been battling addiction, unable to remain clean, in and out of jail and failed relationships. I hurt myself and my family more than words can describe. After several near death experiences and hospitalizations my mother somberly looked me in the…

Penn Jillette is a staunch atheist, or as he puts it “I am beyond atheism”. He does not believe in God, and even thinks of existence as a more positive experience without the existence or idea of a God. He believes that God does not exist and a world without God is better off in the long run. Jillette has many arguments opposing the existence of God. Mr. Jillette begins his argument opposing the existence of God by giving a definition of atheism, which he defines as “not believing in God,” or…

Lastly, accountability is a principle that is difficult to accomplish but vital to achieve. Having someone that will be a truthful accountability partner is key to spiritual growth for me. I have been blessed to have a colleague that I am appointed to work alongside be one of those accountability partners for me. We are able to sit down and openly discuss my ministry to develop my spiritual gifts and graces better to serve the needs of those that I have been called to serve. On a monthly basis,…

Spiritual Formation Spiritual discipline involves steps that will renew the individual mind, body, and soul. Upon hearing the word discipline many of us may turn our backs and rebel. We may tend to associate the word discipline with being a negative experience based on personal accounts. Failing to understand, in the process of becoming who God intended from birth, will take discipline in our own lives for us to change from who we were to whom we were intended to be. I myself rebelled against…