Changed Lives

by Holmes, Peter R., PhD

• ISBN13: 9781860245206
• ISBN10: 186024520X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: Authentic Media

Summary

This book is a collection of stories about ordinary peoplewho have been helped to move from difficulties of variouskinds to a state of greater wholeness through a process calledtherapeutic discipleship. It is also a teaching aid; a tool tounlock change in the readers own life. It is based on the workof Christ Church, Deal, an independent evangelical churchwhich calls itself an open therapeutic community practicingworkshops and operating by postmodern values and practice.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction	ix
Hearing God's Voice	1	(25)
No One Was Listening	3	(10)
Kate Riseley
Hearing the Voice of the Lord	13	(8)
Derry Long
Some Comments	21	(5)
New Careers	26	(24)
Possessing My Dream	29	(10)
Rebecca Mitchell
Life Change, Career Change	39	(8)
John Flicker
Some Comments	47	(3)
Womanhood	50	(23)
Welcoming Womanhood	53	(8)
Nicola Carnall
A Journey of Hope, Discovery and Life	61	(8)
Norma Davidson
Some Comments	69	(4)
Manhood	73	(27)
This Man Martin	75	(11)
Martin Carnall
A Journey Into Change	86	(10)
Liam McCann
Some Comments	96	(4)
Mental Illness	100	(25)
Breaking the Cycle	102	(9)
Roman von der Goltz
Living with Depression	111	(11)
Fiona Burman
Some Comments	122	(3)
Addictions	125	(32)
Dealing with My Addiction	127	(10)
Steve Mitchell
Life After Debt	137	(8)
James
Christa Allen
Ferris Wheels and Weighing Scales	145	(9)
Yvonne Harrison
Some Comments	154	(3)
Loss	157	(21)
Goodbye, My Twin	158	(10)
Christine Marsh
Finding Mike, a Story of Loss	168	(8)
Mike Gregory
Some Comments	176	(2)
Conclusion	178	(4)
Afterword	182