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About healing & wholenessFor all books on healing & wholenessFor all downloads on healing & wholeness |
The ministry of healing plays a vital and central part in the life of the Iona Community. It is a ministry in which justice is as important as medicine, reverence for the earth is as vital as respect for the individual person and the health of the body politic matters as much as the health of the body personal. In addition to giving a taste of the background, context and range of this work, Praying for the Dawn offers detailed resources for those who wish to introduce the ministry of healing to their own churches or groups but are unsure of where to start. |
Tom Gordon, who was a Marie Curie hospice chaplain when this book was published, writes for people facing a life crisis or the reality of their own death, and for those who care for the dying, especially those for whom traditional words and symbols have failed. |
Digital download: A short liturgy in support of someone who is walking the last road of life, created by the Iona Prayer Circle, a worldwide network that prays for people and places in distress. With additional reflections. |
Digital download: Prayers, reflections and a poem relating to illness and caring, taken from the book Moments of Our Nights and Days, by Ruth Burgess. 4 pages |
Digital download: Two services of prayers for healing from Iona Abbey which include the laying on of hands. There is also a section of extra resources. Taken from the new, revised edition of the Iona Abbey Worship Book. |
The labyrinth as a tool for contemplation and inspiration continues to gain popularity in today's world. For those who want to learn more and perhaps use the labyrinth in their own situation, this book offers ideas and examples of its use in various contexts, from schools and universities to hospices and secure hospitals. |
A complete guide to healing ministry which combines sound practical advice with conviction, refreshing realism and compassion. Ian Cowie was a Church of Scotland minister whose experience in healing ministry spanned decades. ‘… shirks none of the intractable problems associated with Christian healing … Through its helpful analysis of various Church traditions and suggested prayers, many people will now be enabled to approach Christian healing with greater confidence.’ ‘For those who know Ian Cowie’s personality and ministry the author’s name is sufficient recommendation. Newcomers to the subject can be sure of a stimulating, fair-minded and often challenging survey with reliable signposts to follow.’ |
Digital download: A short liturgy for a troubled family situation, for small-group or individual prayer, created by the Iona Prayer Circle, a worldwide network that prays for people and places in distress. With additional material. No. 3 in a series of ‘Liturgies for healing’. |
A call for contributions |
We are looking for contributions for downloads relating to mental health. If you have any prayers, blessings, liturgies, reflections or other material that you would like to contribute to this project, please contact neil@ionabooks.com and use the subject-line Mental health. Deadline is September 1st. Thank you. |
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In over 30 years of ministry Thom Shuman had taught studies on just about every book in the Bible and had gone through the cycle of Sunday readings many times. He’d spent a lot of ‘professional’ time in the Bible, but realised he’d never really read the Bible from beginning to end to feed his spiritual life. So that’s what he did, each day discovering a word, phrase or verse which spoke to him, letting it play around in his mind, and then writing a short prayer or ‘nudge’. At the end of the year, he had 365 of them, which are shared with you here.. |
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