[Magdalen] Books for mind, heart and spirit, wounded and otherwise

[Susan Hagen]

Grace, thank you.  I would be glad to pick up and deliver any
donations.  I love the Velveteen Rabbit.  I have not yet included any
of my favorite children's books but there are some I may add in the
future.  Some are very dear to me and come to mind:
The Secret Garden
The Velveteen Rabbit
A Wrinkle in Time


On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll try to list some for you, but I also have quite a few I'd be glad to donate, Susan. I'll call you.
> You know what just popped (or hopped) into my head?  "The Velveteen Rabbit." Don't know why...
>
>
>> On Feb 2, 2016, at 3:57 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I would like your help on a project.  I work at a state psychiatric
>> hospital that houses adults with serious mental health problem and
>> often co-occurring substance abuse issues.  A few months ago I was
>> talking to our chaplain and we got to talking about books.  One of the
>> programs she runs is a spiritual reading group for some of our higher
>> functioning patients.  They meet several times a week for an hour to
>> sit quietly and read.  They can choose from bibles (TANAKHs, Korans
>> too), devotional books, books on spirituality and world religions.  We
>> have people from pretty diverse backgrounds, Christian, Jew, Muslim,
>> secular, probably other religions.  Pastor Cynthia says that many
>> struggling with questions about what it means to be a human, and a
>> human facing adversity and suffering.  One book she frequently offers
>> them is Viktor Frankls classic, Man's Search for Meaning.  She said
>> that some are willing and able to engage with pretty demanding books.
>>
>> I love books as I know do many of us here.  I had been trying to hold
>> myself together through the holidays so promised myself that if I got
>> all the holiday stuff done I could go through my 'life lists' and put
>> together a collection to donate to the hospital spirituality program.
>> I took in four cartons of my favorites, books I love that have been
>> helpful to me.  I would love to hear recommendations from the rest of
>> you.  What are the books that have helped you make sense of life, the
>> universe and everything?  I'll be glad to share my list but at the
>> moment it's in a Word document in table format and I'll have to reduce
>> it to plain text to post it.
>> Thanks,
>> Susan
>>
>> --
>> The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
>> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
>> land of Egypt.
>> Leviticus 19:34



-- 
The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
land of Egypt.
Leviticus 19:34