Healing and Wholeness Week 6

Module 6: “Prayers for Healing – or Not”

Module dates:  Instructor – Insert Dates

Module Learning Objectives
By the end of this module learners will be able to:

1. Discuss an answer to the question “why pray?”
2. Understand affirmative prayer methods for healing for self and others
3. Discuss how to know when prayer “works
4. Analyze possible negative effects of prayer.

Module 6: Learning Assignments

Required Reading(s)
1. Chapter 15 – Secret Place of Spirits (How to Let God Help You)
2. Chapter 3 – Prayer (Healing Letters)
3. Wall Street Journal; Feb. 21, 2017 Article – “A ‘Spiritual Board’ Brings Comfort to the Critically Ill” (PDF)

Recommended Reading
Chapter 5 – Going into the Silence (Healing Letters)

Website Articles:
1. Prayers Don’t Help Heart Surgery Patients
https://goo.gl/Xx4kf9 (PDF Available)
2. Can Prayer Harm?
https://goo.gl/ZBMZCx

After you read the article from the Wall Street Journal, write and submit 200- 500 words about your understanding of “spiritual pain.”

Thought starters:
1. What is spiritual pain?
2. Have you experienced it? When and how?
3. What do you think would be effective treatment for spiritual pain?
4. How does this align with what we’ve talked about in this course so far
5. What struck you most about this article?

Class Session
1. Module 6 Learning Activity Review
2. Class Discussion
3. Learning Expectations for Module 7