by Juanita Ryan I remember looking in the mirror as a teenager and asking myself, Who am I? Who is that person staring back at me? At the time I didn't realize that I had already been answering that question for many years. As I look back now on those years it is clear to me that my answer to the question Who am I? was, I am a good person. That was who I was; I was good. I had a variety of … [Read more...] about Seeing Ourselves More Clearly
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Recovery from Spiritual Anorexia
by Dale Ryan I remember when I first heard about people who were anorexic with respect to food. I was confused by the whole idea. Why would people refuse to eat? Why would people refuse to eat even when they were hungry? Why would people refuse to eat even when they were dying of starvation? But it does happen. Some people reject physical nurture. Sometimes, ironically, they reject it as if … [Read more...] about Recovery from Spiritual Anorexia
Recovery 101: Pastoral Care and Abuse
Most of the lectures in this course were part of a class entitled "Pastoral Care and Abuse" taught for many years at Fuller Theological Seminary by Dr. Dale Ryan. So what you will find here is the kind of material that might be helpful to pastors-in-training. Expect it to feel fairly protestant and generally evangelical (or post-evangelical, semi-evangelical, quasi-evangelical) in tone -- if these … [Read more...] about Recovery 101: Pastoral Care and Abuse
Bible Studies by Dale and Juanita Ryan
Two series of Bible study guides by Dale & Juanita Ryan are available here: The Life Recovery Guide series and the Letting God Be God series. Both were originally published by InterVarsity Press and are now out of print. The studies have been reformatted to 8.5x11 and are photo-copy ready. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these files. Acrobat Reader is free from Adobe. The Life … [Read more...] about Bible Studies by Dale and Juanita Ryan
Audio Recordings
Meditations and Workshops Most of these audio recordings were made at a variety of NACR sponsored conferences. Some contain question/answer segments during which the questions may not be audible. The older recordings may not match your expectations in terms of audio quality. But there's a lot of good stuff here!! As always, take what works and leave the rest. Enjoy. Juanita … [Read more...] about Audio Recordings
Grieving the Losses in 12 Step Recovery
by Pat Means I am ill because of wounds to the soul, to the deep emotional self and the wounds to the soul take a long, long time, only time can help and patience, and a certain difficult repentance long, difficult repentance, realization of life's mistake, and the freeing oneself from the endless repetition of the mistake which mankind at large has chosen to sanctify. "Healing" D.H. … [Read more...] about Grieving the Losses in 12 Step Recovery