Caregiving Archive The following list contains each issue's primary articles with an author listing of all issues for Caregiving. 2006 (Volume 8) Issue 1 The Mystery of God Issue 2 Having Meaningful Conversations Issue 3 Friendship Issue 4 Lighten Up, Brethren! 2005 (Volume 7) Issue 1 Caregiving Can Be a Burden or an Opportunity Issue 2 How Does Money Affect Caregiving? Issue 3 Reclaiming the Role of Elderhood Issue 4 Making Giving Meaningful 2004 (Volume 6) Issue 1 Using Change Creatively Issue 2 Taking Another Look at Disabilities Issue 3 Caring for the Sick Today Issue 4 Building a Crisis Care Team 2003 (Volume 5) Issue 1 The Practice of Prayer and Silence Issue 2 Humor: The Caregiver's Companion Issue 3 Confidentiality and Referral Issue 4 Home Is A Physical Place, A Spiritual Place Vol. 8, 2006 Issue 3 Friendship Paul Roth Meditation: Friends Love Through All Kinds of Weather Frank Ramirez You've Got A Friend Christy Waltersdorff To Have Friends or Not to Have Friends Carrie Eikler, Jim Lehman, Tana Durnbaugh and Bev Weaver Stories About Friendship and Its Many Faces Fred Swartz Friendship Is Deacons' Mission Linda Alley Making Friends Within the Family Jerilyn Covert Peter Becker Honors Family of Volunteers Kay Bowman Finding Ways to Continue Life-long Friendship Myrna Wheeler Older Adults Turn to Covenant Marriages TOP Vol. 8, 2006 Issue 2 Having Meaningful Conversation Walter J. Burghardt, S.J. Meditation: Excerpt from 2006 Children's Sabbath Manual - Congregations Stand for Healthy Children: Bringing Hope and Healing Jim Hardenbrook Adventures in Speaking the Truth in Love Mary Dulabaum What's Going On Beyond Our Talk? Lisa Hess Having Meaningful Conversations Fred Swartz Deacons Can Lead the Conversation John Soennischsen Turn Off the TV and Begin A Conversation Don Fecher New Peace Church Long-Term Care Insurance Available to the Church of the Brethren Michelle Herring, LPN Communication and Dementia Bryan Harness Meaningful Conversations and the Church TOP Vol. 8, 2006 Issue 1 The Mystery of God Bono Meditation: The Mystery Made Known of God's Spirit on the Move Robert Neff Covenant Study Explores the Wisdom of Job Estella B. Horning How Can We Know the Will of God? Chris Bowman Seeing "I" to "I" About God Fred Swartz Should Deacons "Do" Theology? Kathleen Fry-Miller So God, Where Are You When I Need You? Bob Bitner, Patricia Meeks and Todd Reish Regardless of Age or Situation, Everybody Wants to Make a Difference Fred Swartz Displaced But Not Down by Hurricanes, Mitchell Refelcts on God's Love Don Shank Growing in Our Understanding of God Dana Snider Wallis' Book Challenges Churches to Keep Their Oars in the Water TOP Vol. 7, 2005 Issue 4 Making Gifts Meaningful Glenn Mitchell Meditation: Finding Our Way to Christmas John Wenger Keeping Perspective When Giving Our Gifts Nancy Knepper Appropriate Gifts Honor Congregational Leaders Wallace Landes How God Employs Us: The Blessings of Spiritual Gifts Dean Neher Joys of Helping Others Resettle Overcomes Trials Fred Swartz How Much Should Deacons Give? Tina Rieman Family Makes Gift Out of Reconnecting with Special People and Places Mary Dulabaum Older Adults Can Access New On-Line Resource for Enrolling in Medicare Part D Clarence Quay Views on Giving Mature Over a Lifetime Dana Young Volunteer Finds that She Has Gained More than She Can Ever Give Back TOP Vol. 7, 2005 Issue 3 Reclaiming the Role of Elderhood Ed Poling Meditation: Seeking a Mentor Among the Elders Kenneth M. Shaffer, Jr. The Role of Elder Has Changed Over the Years Dorothy Birge Keller Aging and Elderhood Past, Present and Future Dale Brown Reflecting on Authority and Respect for Elders Fred Swartz Don't Drop the Reins on the Elderly Joann Maurer Grandparents-Turned-Parents Witness to the Joy of God's Unmapped Road Sharon McCabe Person-Centered Care Offers New Road William W. Cave The Church Has a Role in Shaping Elderhood Martha Bartholomew Journey Toward Finding Life's Reward TOP Vol. 7, 2005 Issue 2 How Does Money Affect Caregiving? Vicki Kensinger Meditation: Finding Our Place in the Landscape of Society Carol Scheppard Teaching from Jesus on Alms Giving and the Poor Luke Croushorn, Tana Durnbaugh, Norm Harsh and Irv Heishman Talking Need in the Midst of Ministry R. Jan Thompson Are Local Disasters Overlooked? Fred Swartz Charity Should Help the Whole Person John Ballinger Inspiring Others to Become Good Stewards Fred Swartz Medicaid and Retirement Community Care Jeffrey Scott As Population Ages, Lawyer Advises Brethren to Plan for Long-Term Care Needs Pat Roop Robinson More Blessed to Give than to Receive Mary Dulabaum Book Reviewed: Faithful Finances 101: From the Poverty of Fear and Greed to the Riches of Spiritual Investing TOP Vol. 7, 2005 Issue 1 Caregiving Can Be a Burden or an Opportunity Kathy Fuller Guisewite Meditation: We're all caregivers in some fashion Frances Townsend Caregiving for the Long Haul Anita Smith Buckwalter Seeing Each Person Through God's Eyes Mary Sue Rosenberger Caregiving is a Burden and an Opportunity Fred Swartz Congregations Can Structure Deacon Ministry to Be a Joy for Everyone Mary Mason Caring for Large Family Brings Unique Joys Ellie Draper A Lifetime of Caregiving and Volunteering Bryan Harness Churches Can Offer Meaning and Hope Pam Reist Toddler-Gym -- An Opportunity for Lititz Mary Dulabaum Book Reviewed: Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear by Max Lucado TOP Fall 2004 Vol. 6, Issue 4 Building a Crisis Care Team Roy Winter Emergency Reponse Bears Another's Burdens L. Gene Boucher Spiritual Resources Are Present in Times of Need Joyce Person, Diane Jones and Jim Tomlonson Stories Reveal Congregations' Responses to Crises Judy Myers-Walls Talking with Children When the Talking Gets Tough Fred Swartz Deacons Offer Hope and Reassurance During Congregational Crises Myrna Long Wheeler How Can Churches Address the Dearth of Spiritual Care for Elders? Sue Moore Preparing for End-of-Life Helps Alleviate Feelings of Crisis Annie Clark Resources for Congregations Wishing to Deal Constructively with Conflict TOP Summer 2004 Vol. 6, Issue 3 Caring for the Sick Today Kathy Reid New Challenge for Christian Caregivers: The Justice Around Caring for All Kathy Gingrich Home Care Provides Benefits and Challenges Judy Mills Reimer, Tim McFadden and Phil Carlos Archbold Stories of Caring for the Sick Today (Responding to issues of individual health, mental illness and HIV/AIDS) Marge and Ed Poling Brethren Couple "Honors Parents" by Opening Their Home to Them Fred Swartz Deacons Continue with Jesus' Ministry of Giving Grace to People Who Are Ill Brian Black Uncompensated Care is a Growing Tidal Wave for Brethren Retirement Centers Tammy Kiser Parish Nursing Impacts Health for Older Congregation Members David Fouts Doctor Encourages Better Food and Regular Exercise to Avoid Chronic Illness TOP Spring 2004 Vol. 6, Issue 2 Taking Another Look at Disabilities Anita Smith Buckwalter People with Disabilities Are Essential Members of the Body of Christ Janet Townsend Stroup The Church Can Minister to and with Persons with Disabilities David Shumate Every Person Possesses Value and Innate Dignity Fred Swartz Take A Look Around Your Church Cindy Barnum Steggerda Making Sunday School Classes A Time for Everyone to Learn Ginny Thornburgh Thornburgh Calls for Creating Safe Places of Support, Advocacy and Empowerment Heddie Sumner Church Families Support Their Older Adults Mary Dulabaum Creative Funding for Church Renovations Ron McLean Book Review of No Disabled Souls by Jim Pierson TOP Winter 2004 Vol. 5, Issue 1 Using Change Creatively Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford Change and Tradition: A Third Way William E. Abshire A Foundation for Changing Moral Values Michael L. Hodson Recognizing the Internal Landscape of Change Fred Swartz Deacons Can Be Ambassadors of Change Judy LeClerc Gump Volunteer Child Caregiver Tells How the Church Can Respond in Times of Crises J. Wayne Judd Lafiya - I Am Well and I Wish for You the Same! Richard Speicher Using Our Years to Make a Difference Carol White God Helps During Waves of Grief and Change Mary Dulabaum Book Review of When You Are Facing Change by J. Bill Ratliff TOP Fall 2003 Vol. 5, Issue 4 Home Is A Physical Place, A Spiritual Space Bradley Bohrer A Journey to Where Love and Acceptance Live Mbode M. Ndirmbita Leaving Family and Loved Ones Behind Fred Swartz Moving to a New Home Means Downsizing Alice Geiman Building a New Home Amidst Great Changes Mary Dulabaum Brethren Serve Housing Needs in Many Ways Fred Swartz Helping People Feel at Home Sharon Burner What to do When Home is Not a Safe Place Winnie Toledo Making Home Be Wherever Your Heart Is Clara Patterson On Your Mark, Ready, Set, GO! Kay Rittenhouse Symptoms of Childhood Bipolar Disorder Can Be Easily Misdiagnosed as Other Illnesses William Cave Book Review of Reinventing Aging by Shirley Yoder Brubaker, et al. TOP Summer 2003 Vol. 5, Issue 3 Confidentiality and Referral Jeff Carter Balancing Individuals' Needs for Cofidentiality in the Context of Community Amy Messler, Dena Gilbert & Joe Detrick Church Leaders Talk About the Practical Aspects of Confidentiality John Carlson Legal, Ethical, Covenantal Perspectives on Confidentiality Fred Swartz Does God Need the Details? Rachel Gross Small Groups Offer Nurture and Healing Kay Rittenhouse What Does HIPAA Mean for Caregivers Richard Speicher AARP Reports Distrubing Trends for Seniors Jeff Garber Confidential Consulting Service for Ministers Available Through Medical Plan Clyde Carter Book Review of The Right to Silence: Privileged Clergy Communication and the Law by William Harold Tieman & John C. Bush TOP Spring 2003 Vol. 5, Issue 2 Humor: The Caregiver's Companion Mary Sue Rosenberger Humor Cushions Bumps on Life's Road Lisa Van Houten Yukking It Up in the Yukky Spots! Willard Dulabaum Humor Still Serves as a Teaching Technique Interview Comedian Lee Eshleman Talks About the Connection Between Humor and Faith Fred Swartz Deacons Walk a Fine Line to Find the Hopeful Side of Humor Mary Heggen and Nora Heggen Laughing Together Helps Families Cope Esther Fry The Freedom to Laugh Without Restraint Ralph Z. Moyer Book Review of Living Longer and Other Sobering Possibilities by Tom Mullen TOP Winter 2003 Vol. 5, Issue 1 The Practice of Prayer and Silence Richard B. Gardner Learning to Pray the Lord's Prayer Glenn Mitchell Prayer as Communion Jimmy R. Ross Are Prayers Always Answered Fred Swartz Make Prayer Natural Ed Poling Children Can be the Purest Spiritual Guides Heidi Loomis A Quaker Perspective on Silence as an Opening to Prayer Richard Speicher The Baby Boomer Generation Needs Help from the Church to Care for Loved Ones Larry Landes Be Silent! Be Silent! (Discussion on Disabilities and Spirituality) Jean Bauer Book Review of Teaching P.R.A.Y.E.R.: Guidance for Pastors and Church Leaders by Brant D. Baker TOP

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