Chapter Dierks & Durkin

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=125 BGCOLOR="#BFBF00" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="05b467d1dwoxjb.png"> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="275207d0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="125" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=189 style="border-right: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WovenWord Press"><B>home</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="new from the press/Mother Blessings/Jour"><B>new from the press</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="catalog"><B>catalog</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="how to order this book"><B>how to order</B></A><B> </B><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="how to order this book"><B>books</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="who we are"><B>who we are</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="links"><B>links</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="contact"><B>contact </B></A></div> <div> <B>    </B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div>               </div> <div>                      </div> <div>      <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" ><I><B>c h a p t e r   s a m p l e</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>       </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>               </B></I><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Tempus Sans ITC" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Maiandra GD" ><I><B><IMG SRC="1b5095b0.png" border=0 width="521" height="91" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>     </B></I><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><I><B>A Handbook of Forgiving for the Millennium</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I>                       </I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Verdana" ><I>  </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><I>by Mary Cabrini Durkin, OSU </I></FONT></div> <div> <I>                                                         & Sheila Durkin Dierks</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Introduction</U></B></div> <div>  </div> <div> This is an invitation to plan for a forgiving and forgiven heart in the year 2000. In our culture, 2000 is both completion of the second millennium and also the entry into a new age. Do we wish to continue carrying in this new era the wounds and struggles of our lives, which we have not had the courage or the time or the know-how to heal?</div> <div> This book is based on the belief that forgiveness is an intentional process, one which we can choose. Understanding this is an enormous step toward releasing ourselves from the captivity of our anger. </div> <div> When we know that we can choose to forgive, then we know that we have control; we are not victims but agents of our own peace and liberty. </div> <div>  </div> <div> <B><U>Processes</U></B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> TELLING YOUR OWN STORY</div> <div> -The process of understanding what needs forgiveness</div> <bR> <div> TEARS</div> <div> -For wounds yet to be healed</div> <div>  </div> <div> WRITING </div> <div> -A way of finding out what’s going on inside</div> <bR> <div> ARTWORK</div> <div> -Integrating the process of discovery and healing</div> <bR> <div> <B>FIND THE MANY PATHS TO FORGIVING AND THE TOOLS WHICH GET YOU THERE</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>What are the five big areas of forgiving?</I></div> <bR> <div> FORGIVING ANOTHER</div> <div>  -Nothing is unforgivable. Many things are inexcusable. </div> <div>  Sometimes we  confuse them.</div> <div>  </div> <div> FORGIVING OTHERS </div> <div>  -<I>"I have been searching for years to try and find a way to forgive </I></div> <div> <I> the institutional Church for the priestly call to service which I never</I></div> <div> <I> had the opportunity to have tested." </I></div> <div>                                               -Fifty-five year old Catholic woman<I> </I></div> <bR> <div> FORGIVING YOURSELF </div> <div>  -<I>“For some reason it was harder for me to forgive myself than it was </I></div> <div> <I> to forgive others. I seemed to have such high expectations for myself</I></div> <div> <I> and felt I must be the best and do the best always. When I forgive</I></div> <div> <I> myself I find the courage to begin again.” </I></div> <bR> <div> FORGIVING GOD </div> <div>  -<I>“I can’t forgive God for doing this to us. I just can’t. But I know that </I></div> <div> <I> (at death) God will be there waiting for me.”</I> </div> <div>                                -Mother struggling with a family tragedy</div> <bR> <div> SEEKING FORGIVENESS </div> <div>  -<I>“I wasn’t the only one who suffered. Both my children did too. </I></div> <div> <I> My children go to bed every night knowing that their mom is in prison.</I></div> <div> <I> I can only hope they can forgive me.” </I></div> <div>                                                      -Incarcerated woman</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>WHICH ONE CALLS YOUR NAME?</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>HEAR THE WISDOM OF THE SCRIPTURES, OF CARDINAL JOSEPH BERNADIN, NELSON MANDELA, RITA DOVE, FRED WARD HAYS ON RECONCILING WITH OTHERS AND WITH OURSELVES.</B></I></div> <bR> <div>       <B>_______________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Authors Dierks Durkin"><B>about the authors</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id125.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter Dierks Durkin"><B>sample book chapter</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="catalog"><B>catalog</B></A></div> <div> <B>                  </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>                                         </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CCFF99" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#999900" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="how to order this book"><B>How to Order this Book </B></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Jubilee Journal</B></div> <div> <I><B>A Workbook of Forgiving for the Millennium</B></I></div> <div> <B>Mary Cabrini Durkin & Sheila Durkin Dierks  </B></div> <div> <B>120 pgs.  $9.00  paperback  ISBN: 0965813703</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>