All Shall Be Well: An Approach to Wellness [Paperback]

William S. Craddock Jr. (Author), Katharine Jefferts Schori (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2009

This relevant, timely, and substantive book addresses the CREDO approach to wellness.

Chapters explore the theology of wellness and identity, core values, creativity and passion, renewal, emotional health, spiritual practices, balance, transformation, and fitness.

It features a foreword by the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. Models, perspectives, theories, and stories are provided by contributors who are involved with CREDO as faculty, researchers, or participants.

Contributors include: William S. Craddock, Jr.; the Rt. Rev. Jeffrey D. Lee; the Very Rev. Michael J. Battle; Mathew L. Sheep, Ph.D.; the Rev. Dr. Robert R. Hansel; Glen E. Kreiner, Ph.D.; Patricia H. Murrell, Ph.D.; the Rev. Canon M. Renée Miller; the Rev. Canon Elizabeth R. Geitz; the Rev. Canon Hartshorn Murphy, Jr.; the Rev. Canon Scott Hayashi; the Rev. Dr. Joseph Stewart-Sicking.; the Rev. Dr. Sam A. Portaro, Jr.; the Rev. Dr. William J. Watson III; Phyllis T. Strupp; Elaine C. Hollensbe, Ph.D.; Barton T. Jones, and the Rt. Rev. Mark Hollingsworth, Jr.

About CREDO: Initially formed in 2000, the mission of CREDO Institute, Inc. is to serve as a collaborative alliance providing resources for Episcopal leadership and wellness programs. Its broader purpose is to ensure the continued growth and vitality of God's people by promoting the welfare and leadership of all clergy and congregations.

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"This book serves as both a refresher on the process of change and a foretaste of what may come from exploring the cycle of Identity, Discernment, Practice and Transformation. No matter where one begins the walk, All Shall Be Well is the journal of that journey, toward wellness." --Episcopal Life

Product Details

• Paperback: 193 pages
• Publisher: Church Publishing (September 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819223743
• ISBN-13: 978-0819223746
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #716,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Taking Charge of One's Own Healing and Wholeness, November 22, 2009

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James Williamson "author of 'The Architect'" (Memphis, TN, USA) - See all my reviews
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In 1994 the Episcopal Church established the CREDO Institute in recognition of the fact that clergy often live a stressful existence in which they may take better care of their parishioners than they do of themselves.

"All Shall be Well, An Approach to Wellness" grows out of the CREDO experience, which empowers leaders of the Church to take charge of their own healing and wholeness. In this small but powerful volume, editor William Craddock, who was instrumental in founding CREDO, has compiled a diverse collection of thoughtful essays by Episcopal clergy and influential laypersons.

The contributors address four phases of self-awareness: Identity (Who am I?), Discernment (Who is God calling me to be?), Practice (How am I responding to God's call?), and Transformation (How am I changing?) While their voices are each unique, they share a refreshing, open-minded, non-judgmental perspective all too rare in organized religion.

With an appeal not limited to members of the clergy, these essays speak to all who are concerned with self-knowledge, and who are willing to engage in the ongoing process of becoming who we are.

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, November 20, 2009

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Ruth A. B. "Ruth A. B" (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All Shall Be Well: An Approach to Wellness (Paperback)

After having read this book, one gains a greater perspective on the fundamentals of all aspects of wellness. During times in which fear is an underlying motivation for most things done day to day it is refreshing to step back and view things from the perspective and fervent hope that ,"All Shall be Well."

5.0 out of 5 stars Road signs for Wellness, November 19, 2009

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George Gunn (Michigan USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Shall Be Well: An Approach to Wellness (Paperback)

At a time of heightened anxiety in the Episcopal Church, whether from rumors of theological drift, real economic uncertainty, or general anxiety about plague-like pandemics of AIDS and H1N1, it is nice to have a book as grounded in common sense and purpose as All Shall Be Well: An Approach to Wellness.

The book borrows its title from Julian of Norwich's most recounted phrase--and her promise in the face of her own era's financial disaster, social unrest, theological chaos, and the Black Plague that, indeed, all shall be well.

Inspired by more than 200 eight-day CREDO conferences in the Episcopal Church--for bishops, priests, and now lay employees of the church--conference faculty members and researchers have contributed two-dozen reflections that are at the heart of the CREDO conference experience.

Through their essays and reflections that circle around the model of developmental self-awareness--Identity, Discernment, Practice, and Transformation--the authors draw road signs of wellness that they have discovered in the CREDO process and leave readers with a map for their own personal discernment and transformation.