Harold Ivan Smith
Auteur de Priscilla and Aquila
A propos de l'auteur
Harold Ivan Smith is a grief specialist on the teaching faculties of Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, and the Carondolet Medical Institute in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He is recognized as a Fellow in Thanatology by the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEG). He has also afficher plus received the Distinguished Service Award from ADEC. He earned his doctorate from Asbury Theological Semi-nary and an Eds from Vanderbilt. His primary research is on the grief of U.S. Presidents and First Ladies. He has facilitated Grief Gatherings, storytelling groups for grievers, at Saint Luke's Hospital for more than fifteen years. afficher moins
Œuvres de Harold Ivan Smith
Finding Your Way to Say Goodbye: Comfort for the Dying and Those Who Care for Them (2002) 41 exemplaires
A time for healing: Coming to terms with your divorce (Life support group series) (1994) 20 exemplaires
51 Good Things to Do While You're Waiting for the Right One to Come Along: How to Make the Most of Being Single… (1994) 18 exemplaires
What Does That Mean?: A Dictionary of Death, Dying and Grief Terms for Grieving Children and Those Who Love Them (2009) 14 exemplaires
When You Don't Know What to Say, 2nd Edition: How to Help Your Grieving Friends (2012) 12 exemplaires
The Grief Care Kit: Bereavement Resources for Counselors and Recovery Group Leaders (2008) 5 exemplaires
Borrowed Narratives: Using Biographical and Historical Grief Narratives With the Bereaving (2012) 5 exemplaires
One is a Whole Number 1 exemplaire
Grieving the Death of a Father 1 exemplaire
More than "I Do" : devotions for the engaged couple 1 exemplaire
Coping with grief in a "get over it & move on" world 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Smith, Harold Ivan
- Autres noms
- Towner, Jason
史哈德 - Date de naissance
- 1947-08-21
- Sexe
- male
- Professions
- speaker
- Organisations
- Church of the Nazarene
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 59
- Membres
- 1,268
- Popularité
- #20,232
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 11
- ISBN
- 80
- Langues
- 2
He includes a "relevant" (in his opinion) verse for each day, as well as a "key point." The verses were often taken way out of context, and the key points seemed to be more "self help" and moralistic in nature than truly Christ-honoring musings.
His method of choosing people to write about is questionable… he found singles whose birth dates matched each day of the year, so he acknowledged that some dates, he had to choose between ten interesting people and other dates, he was hard pressed to find even one person to talk about.
Many of the people profiled are not clearly Christians, and a few he decides to include as cautionary tales. I would rather have seen all positive stories of people who explicitly gave their lives to God to direct.
He includes some people who are married for much of their lives, but died single - I just don't think this counts!
He purposely excludes those in religious orders who took vows of celibacy, but then includes Jesus Christ.
I'm giving this 2 stars only because I learned of a couple people whom I want to read about a bit more.… (plus d'informations)