References and useful Links

INTRODUCTION DEAR READERS... Welcome to where roots are riotous

Andrea Gibson Poem

https://www.facebook.com/AndreaGibsonPoetry/posts/289171282569374

Maria Rainer Rilke Quote

Rilke, Rainer Maria. (1934). Translated by M. D. Herter Norton, Revised Edition. Letters To A Young Poet. W. W. Norton & Company: New York.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation

Leading Causes of Life

Gunderson, G. with Pray, L. (2009). Leading Causes of Life. Nashville, TN: Abingdon. Leading Causes of Life Initiative website: https://www.leading-causes.com/

Relationality by Dr. Vanessa Wijngaarden and Others

https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/showingtheory/chapter/relationality/#:~:text=Relationality%20 refers%20to%20connectedness%2C%20a,means%20being%20'in%20relationship'

Wijngaarden, V. (2016). Dynamics behind persistent images of ‘the other’: The interplay between imaginations and interactions in Maasai cultural tourism. Lit Verlag.

CHAPTER ONE GRACE, THE DIVINE KINDNESS. Nurturing the sore landscape of the human heart

Grace

Notes adapted from these sites: https://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/how-to-show-grace-to-others/ https://www.dawnklinge.com/abovethewaves/9-ways-to-extend-grace-to-others

Archbishop Tutu’s Compassion Quote

Dalai Lama, Tutu, Desmond, Abrams, Douglas Carlton (2016). The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World. Avery, an Imprint of Random House: New York, New York.

Marge Piercy Poem “To Be of Use”

Piercy, Marge. (1982). “To be of use” from Circles on the Water. Copyright © 1982 by Marge Piercy. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved.

John O’Donohue

O”Donohue, John. (2003). Beauty: The Invisible Embrace. Harper Perennial: USA.

Rainer Maria Rilke Quote

Rilke, Rainer Maria. (1934). Translated by M. D. Herter Norton, Revised Edition. Letters To A Young Poet. W. W. Norton & Company: New York.

Teilhard de Chardin Quote

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21263-we-are-not-human-beings-having-a-spiritual-experience-we

CHAPTER TWO TRAUMA, HURT AND HEALING: When the bitter tree was planted

John O’Donohue Poem

“For Someone Awakening To The Trauma of His or Her Past”. O'Donohue, John. (2008). To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Invocations and Blessings. Convergent Books: USA.

Second Day People

Avis, Fe Anam. (2008). A Hopeful Journey Out of Suicidal Thinking. Ambassador Press, LLC, 2nd edition: USA.

Second Day Healing

Coleman, Monica. (2011). “Sacrament.” Guest Blogger on site below. https://feminismandreligion.com/2011/10/27/sacrament-by-monica-a-coleman/

Webber, Robert E. (Editor). (1996). The Complete Library of Christian Worship, 6th Volume. Hendrickson Publisher: USA.

ACEs

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/about.html

Trauma-informed Approach

Giacomucci, Scott. (2021). Social Work, Sociometry, and Psychodrama: Existential Approaches for Group Therapists, Community Leaders and Social Workers. Springer: Singapore.

Trauma and Resilience

Families Thrive: https://www.familiesthrive.org/trauma-informed-4-r David Treleaven, author of Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZlTvoEjgpw HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences): https://positiveexperience.org/

CHAPTER THREE WHEN ROOTS ARE SHAKEN. Loss and healing, intricately woven in the depths of the earth

Kairos Document

Kairos (1985). The South Africa Kairos Document 1985: https://kairossouthernafrica.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/ the-south-africa-kairos-document-1985/

Multi-Faith Veteran Initiative Ubuntu Curriculum

https://www.facebook.com/MVIChicago/

Moral Injury

https://projects.huffingtonpost.com/moral-injury/healing https://www.news-medical.net/health/Moral-Injury-in-Healthcare.aspx

Moral Injury Quote

Brock, RN, Lettini, G. (2012). Soul Repair: Recovering from Moral Injury After War. Beacon Press: USA.

President George Bush Quote

Wikiquote: "George W. Bush" (Quotes, 2000s, 2001, A Great People Has Been Moved to Defend a Great Nation (September 2001): Remarks on the September 11 attacks (11 September 2001).) Healing Centered Engagement (See in “Riotous Roots” Above)

Henri J. M. Nouwen Quote

Henri J. M. Nouwen (1986) Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life. Crown Publishing Group

CHAPTER FOUR CONNECTION AND COMPANIONSHIP. Nurturing the Tree of Community

Emotional Freedom Technique or Tapping

Adapted from: https://woodlandswellnessmd.com/emotional-freedom-techniques-eft.html/ Craig, Gary. (2008). The EFT Manual (Everyday EFT: Emotional Freedom Techniques). Energy Psychology Press: USA.

Stephens Ministry

Stephen Ministries. (2015). Stephen Ministry by the Numbers. Retrieved from Stephen’s Ministries website, at https://www.stephenministries.org/stephenministry/default.cfm/917

Mental Health First Aid

Kitchener, B.A. & Jorm, A.F. (2008). Mental health first aid: An international programme for early intervention. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2:55-61. Peachey, K., Cutts, T., DeMont, M., Lawrence, D., Hatcher, B., Berz, J., & Laurence, L. (2016). Integrating Care to Improve Health Outcomes: Trauma, Resilience and Mental Health. In Cutts, T. & Cochrane, J. R. (Eds.), Stakeholder Health: Insights from New Systems of Health (pp. 97-124). USA: Stakeholder Health.

“What I Want You to Know” Poem

Day, Jackson H., Vermilyea, Elizabeth, Wilkerson, Jennifer, Giller, Esther. (2006). Risking Connection in Faith Communities: A training curriculum for faith leaders supporting trauma survivors. Sidran Institute Press: Baltimore, MD.

Companionship

There's a program called “Companionship” that teaches basic skills for coming alongside each other and forming mutual relationships of support. We are incorporating this into our faith and mental health work. https://www.pathways2promise.org/companionship-training/

O Healing River Song

Minkoff, Fran. (1964). https://hymnary.org/text/o_healing_river_send_down_your_waters#Author The song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTnqDpmgKYE

Risking Connection

https://www.traumaticstressinstitute.org/risking-connection-training/

Deep Listening

(Excerpted from the University of Minnesota’s Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing) https://csh.umn.edu/academics/whole-systems-healing/whole-systems-leadership

Eoyang, Glenda H. (2009). Coping with Chaos. Lagumo Corporation: USA.

Addressing Rape Culture on University Campuses. Freedman, Samuel G. (2012).“A Rape Victim Now Ministers Body and Soul.” New York Times, published June 29, 2012. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/30/us/marciamount-shoop-a-rape-survivor-turns-to-ministering-body-and-soul.html

Herman, Judith L. (1992). Trauma And Recovery: The Aftermath Of Violence- From Domestic Abuse To Political Terror. Basic Books: New York.

The Leading Causes of Life

Gunderson, G. with Pray, L. (2009). Leading Causes of Life. Nashville, TN: Abingdon.

CHAPTER FIVE CONGREGATIONAL WISDOM AND REGENERATIVE NETWORKS

Black Womanist Theology

Delores Williams, (1985).“The Color of Feminism,” Christianity and Crisis 45, No. 7, 165.

Urgency of Intersectionality

Kimberle Crenshaw “The Urgency of Intersectionality” TED Talk. October 2016. https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality

Eight Congregational Strengths

Gunderson, G. R. (1997). Deeply Woven Roots. Fortress Press: Minneapolis. https://faithhealth.org/8-strengths-of-congregations/

Restorative Justice

Restorative Church: https://restorativechurch.org/ Catholic Mobilizing Network: https://catholicsmobilizing.org/restorative-justice

Center for Justice and Peacebuilding: What is Restorative Justice? https://zehr-institute.org/what-is-rj/

General Information: https://emu.edu/cjp/ Nehemiah Trinity Rising: https://www.nehemiahtrinityrising.org/

Love Mentioned in Bible

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/why-is-love-mentioned-in-the-bible-so-many-times.html