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Available
Call number
Collections
Publication
Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill Publications, 2018.
Original publication date
2018-12
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The Healing Power of Stories by Michael Bischoff (Pamphlet)
Description
Michael Bischoff writes movingly about the experience of living with aggressive brain cancer and his experiment of listening to and telling stories of brokenness and healing. Applying the Quaker practice of listening deeply, he shares lessons learned while telling stories and helping others to tell their stories, and the ways he has been broken open and pulled toward wholeness in the process. When we are vulnerable enough to open to each other and to healing, the spiritual practice of telling stories can contribute to healing physically, emotionally, and in relation to others. -- Publisher's description.
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Bischoff tells both his stories of healing and his understanding of why they are healing and how they are powerful. He sees listening to and telling these stories as a core spiritual discipline; they move us from tight grasping to opening to love, to stepping into the river of life flowing through
This is a lovely pamphlet of Bischoff's wisdom learned from experience. It will both connect with your own wisdom and lead you into more, and perhaps introduce you to a new spiritual discipline as well.
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us. The stories feed the transformative power of love, gratitude, and healing in us. This is a lovely pamphlet of Bischoff's wisdom learned from experience. It will both connect with your own wisdom and lead you into more, and perhaps introduce you to a new spiritual discipline as well.
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