It is especially easy to judge a group of people whom we think do not measure up to our intepretation of what the Bible says. However, when we take time to learn to know gay people as individuals, our perception of them changes. This is why it is so important to tell our faith stories to one another. As the issue of homosexuality is debated in our churches we seldom ask the people we are calling sinners to tell us about their own personal experience of relationship with God. My own life and attitude has been profoundly changed by listening to the stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people and their families.
Space is available throughout the book for the child to write or draw.
Directions for over 20 exercises are given on the left hand side page, and the right side page is devoted to the child's creative use. The child can use My Memory Book to create a book of memories about the loved one who died that is uniquely the child's. My Memory Book encourages written exercises, collage, journaling, and drawings in any medium the child cares to use. This workbook is a wonderful tool to assist therapists and counselors in their work with bereaved children. Nancy Boyd Webb, DSW, BCD, Professor, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services.