John Watson (Grove Pastoral Series)
This booklet reflects on the roots and reality of shame and how good pastoral practice can bring healing and wholeness. A5 28pp.
Description: We are used to talking of sin and guilt in our churches. But a more pervasive problem is that of shame, with its complex roots in society as well as the individual, and its wide damaging effects.
Jeanette Gosney (Grove Pastoral Series)
A practical approach to caring for adult survivors. A5 28pp.
Revd Jeanette Gosney - Jeanette used to teach German before training for ordination at St John's Nottingham where she completed an MPhil considering adult survivors of child sexual abuse and the church. She was ordained in 1995 and posts since have included being chaplain at Loughborough University and tutor in Practical Theology at Trinity College Bristol. She is currently a team vicar in St Albans Diocese with particular responsibility for 3 small village churches. She has been with Grove Pastoral for over 10 years. She enjoys walking her dog, playing tennis, gardening and skiing.
Co-ordinated by Dr Marlene Hickin, the book looks at the church's track record in facing reality and offers positive steps to forgiveness, healing and wholeness.
It comes free with Sharing The Load and SOS - Supporting Offenders Safely DVD. A5 92pp.
Tim Horton (Sanctuary)
A treatment supplement for sex offenders with Christian beliefs. A4 80pp.
