Running head: EFFECTS OF CULTURALLY SENSITIVE TREATMENT AND COUNSELING Effects of Culturally Sensitive Treatment and Counseling on Native American Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers ’ Success Table of Contents Page Abstract 3 I. Introduction II. Literature Review
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In Search of the Spiritual Father Thomas Keating‚ the abbot of St. Joseph’s Abbey‚ couldn’t help noticing the attraction that the exotic religious practices of the East held for many young Roman Catholics (Adler 1). He was a Trappist monk‚ so meditation was second nature‚ but he kept thinking there must be a precedent within the church for making such simple but powerful spiritual techniques available to laypeople. His Trappist brother Father William Meninger found it one day in 1974‚ in a dusty
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After spending time in class talking over the list of spiritual gifts and learning more about each I feel like I can better decide what my gifts are. As we went over them I felt that my gifts are encouragement‚ wisdom‚ service. I feel like these gifts are the ones God has given to me. Encouragement is the gift of seeing the glass as “half full”. It is being able to find the positive spiritual and emotional outcome of a situation. The gift of Wisdom is the gift of being able to work through situations
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Reflection #1 Spiritual Autobiography The religion of my culture‚ which most African Americans ascribe‚ is Christianity. The denomination is generally Baptist‚ Pentecostal or Apostolic. The three denominations are similar in faith with certain variations. Some variations include attire‚ personal associations‚ diet and lifestyles. For generations my family identify with the Pentecostal and the Apostolic faiths. My maternal grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. He was very stringent regarding his
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Negro Spirituals Spirituals‚ a religious folk song of American origin‚ particularly associated with African-American Protestants of the southern United States. The African-American spiritual‚ characterized by syncopation‚ polyrhythmic structure‚ and the pentatonic scale of five whole tones‚ is‚ above all‚ a deeply emotional song. Spirituals are really the most characteristic product of the race genius as yet in America. But the very elements which make them uniquely expressive of the Negro make them
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Spiritual Journeys In Chaim Potok’s My Name is Asher Lev and John G. Neihardt’s Black Elk Speaks‚ the main characters‚ Asher Lev and Black Elk each go through a spiritual journey. Various aspects of their religious journeys have similarities and differences‚ but all of them can be connected to religious symbols or practices in the traditions that are exemplified within each text. Both of these characters have a dream or a vision that guides them throughout their respective stories‚ they each stray
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crossed barriers and are sung in many churches across America as spirituals. However‚ such songs as Wade in the Water‚ Swing Low‚ Sweet Chariot‚ and Follow the Drinking Gourd‚ were once used as an important tool of survival by the slaves of the antebellum era. The content of many Negro spirituals consisted of a religious theme. However‚ Negro spirituals were not intended to be religious. The primary purpose of Negro spirituals was to mislead an overseer or the plantation owner. Slaves were
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A History of Positive Spiritual Affirmations Positive spiritual affirmations‚ also known as affirmative prayer‚ is a form of prayer or speech designed to promote a positive response to your words and actions. People who engage in positive spiritual affirmations create words or phrases that reflect positive outcomes that they are seeking‚ as if the event already happened and the positive outcome has already appeared. For example‚ if someone is searching for a new career and is hoping to send positive
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The story of Negro spirituals is closely linked to the history of African Americans‚ within three milestones: the abolition of slavery (1865)‚ the Black Renaissance (1925)‚ and the first Dr. Martin Luther King ’s Day (1985). Negro spirituals blend a combination of spoken word‚ hums‚ moans‚ groans‚ and old slave dialect and incorporated them with a simple repetitive tune to convey strong emotion. Before 1925 almost all the first Africans who arrived in the New World were slaves. They came from several
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READING REPORT: SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES FOR THE CHRISTIAN LIFE BY DONALD S. WHITNEY Submitted to Dr. B. R. Lowman In Partial Completion of Course Requirements For PLED 520 – Spiritual Formation CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 SUMMARY 1 EVALUATION AND CRITIQUE 7 PERSONAL APPLICATION 8 CONCLUSION 8 BIBLIOGRAPHY 9 INTRODUCTION Donald Whitney’s book Spiritual Disciplines for
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