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Those words from Deuteronomy invaded the thoughts of Caren Goldman on a fall day in 1999 after a half-year of health crises that plagued her and her family. Her mother's hip, her father in law's heart, her daughter's central nervous system, and her own breast all succumbed to disease that fall, and with their deterioration came a simultaneous attack on her spirit. What was she to do faced with one health crisis after another?

Caren is an author. She has spent more than 25 years writing about spirituality, health and psychology. So, naturally, choosing to move toward life, wholeness and healing would be a journey of words.

From that choice came Healing Words for the Body, Mind and Spirit&—a collection of 101 words that point us toward wholeness and life. These are wise words from all traditions that illuminate a way toward healing even when our lives seem to hold only darkness.

Below we present four of those entries from Healing Words, one offered each week during the month of October, when we are all asked to become more aware of breast cancer, the disease Caren herself faced back in 1999. From her reflections and the associated quotes and affirmations in these pages, we hope that the power of these words will help mend your shattered places by offering new ways to consider and embrace healing, well-being and peace.

From Healing Words for the Body, Mind and Spirit by Caren Goldman. Copyright © 2001, 2009 by Caren Goldman. Used with permission from Morehouse Publishing, an imprint of Church Publishing Inc. A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS OF THIS BOOK WILL BE DONATED TO BREAST AND OTHER CANCER CAUSES

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BEGINNING AGAIN:
BENEDICTINE WISDOM FOR LIVING WITH ILLNESS
by Mary Earle

STILL HERE: EMBRACING AGING, CHANGING AND DYING
Still Here is intended to give comfort and direction to people entering their later years of life.

PRAYER OF THE HEART
by Kelly Schneider Conkling

HOW CAN I LET GO IF I DON'T KNOW I'M HOLDING ON?
by Linda Douty

FIRST FRUITS OF PRAYER: A FORTY-DAY JOURNEY THROUGH THE CANON OF ST. ANDREW
This text is a “prayerful hymn of epic length” offered during Lent each year in the Eastern Orthodox Church. “Let this hymn soak into your bones,” urges Mathewes-Green compellingly.

C.S. LEWIS: SPIRITUALITY FOR MERE CHRISTIANS
An abstract of the book from its author William Griffin

MIDWIVES OF AN UNNAMED FUTURE: SPIRITUALITY FOR WOMEN IN TIMES OF UNPRECEDENTED CHANGE
The authors have created a handbook for women who want to go deeper, for those who may struggle with institutional religion or who simply want to explore how God is present in their everyday lives.

IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH?
There are so many questions, with so many possible answers, that Christians (and everyone in other traditions, as well) will often go looking for answers to life after death questions in other places.

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS
By way of introduction, I think the reader should know that I have been asked to write this brief piece on C. S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters on the basis of a rather odd qualification: I’ve memorized it.

THE LAST DAY
As we watch scenes from China of the heart-breaking devastation brought by the May 12 earthquake, we may wonder, where is God? It was a question asked by thousands after the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755, an event that shook religious foundations worldwide.

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
Learn about the genesis, setting, symbolism and story of C.S. Lewis's mystical Narnia.

A PEN AND A PATH:
WRITING AS A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
by Sarah Stockton

WINDOWS INTO THE SOUL:
ART AS SPIRITUAL EXPRESSION
by Michael Sullivan

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Healing Words for the Body Mind and Spirit

by Caren Goldman