Honoring Angels In My Path Chapter 1 Summary

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Chauntanette Brown-Palmer Keuka College SWK 201 Linda King-Bronner August 5,2013 I will like to start out by saying before I started the social work program at Keuka College, I never thought to separate spirituality in a person life outside of them being part of a church. I now understand that to be spiritual or believe in spiritual things it has nothing to do with religion or church. Spirituality has shape my life in many ways. One way it has change the way I view myself and others. It also has strengthen me to go through different trials in my life and have peace in the midst of the trial. Spirituality can have a major impact in the lives of individuals, families and groups. Individuals can gain strength when they might…show more content…
Abels was very interesting. Inside the book there are narratives for each chapters. Reading the different narratives has allowed me to reflect on my personal life and where I stand today in my spiritual journey. The chapter that struck me the most was chapter three. In chapter three titled “Honoring Angels in My Path: Spiritually sensitive group work with persons who are incarcerated” by Micheal J. Sheridan, PhD. When I got to this chapter I looked at the title and I said to myself I do not worship angels. So as I begin to read the chapter I kept stopping because I kept crying. The chapter started off by talking about Sheridan and her husband went to see a movie called “Heart and Soul” and how the movie changed her life as a professional. It was a tradition for her and her husband to reflect on the movies theme and its lessons(Sheridan,p32). The movie was about a baby being born in a car and at the same time four people lost their lives because their trolley car goes off the bridge.(Sheridan,p32).The the souls of the people intersect with the new born baby spirit and at that moment the souls became his special angels. The boy was the only one that can see the angels and through the boy who becomes a man was meant to help the four souls complete unfinished business before they died (Sheridan,p32). After Sheridan watched the movie she began to examine her life and how her focus is on her job and her academic life and realized that was not her idea of having a meaningful life. She also felt like she was at a crossroads. Sheridan talks about how she was driving home and asking herself a question, is there anyone she might not be noticing that is in her life or are there any souls or angels in her path(Sheridan). When she asked herself that question series of faces came to
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