Craig Rennebohmis a United Church of Christ minister who worked for
over twenty years on the streets of Seattle, WA, supporting
homelessindividuals struggling with mental illness on the journey
through the community mental health system to stability in the
community. He has worked extensively with families, served as
chaplain on the inpatient mental health units at Harborview Medical
Center and has worked in partnership with local congregations to
develop mental health ministries that include education, spiritual
care and support groups, services of healing and encouragement,
shelter, drop-in programs and supported housing. Craig was ordained
in Lowell, MA where he served in a community ministry position
which included serving as a juvenile court chaplain, campus
minister and as a staff member of the Lowell Pastoral Counseling
Center. As pastor of Pilgrim Church in Seattle for many years he
helped create a lively diverse congregation which embodied the
message, "All are Welcome, Come as You Are."
David W. Paulis a Seattle-based writer and editorial consultant. He
is a former political scientist who taught at Princeton and the
University of Washington. He has authored or co-authored six books
and many articles ranging from politics and history to film
criticism, the Internet, and poetry translations. As a technical
writer and editor, he worked on contract with Microsoft, Adobe,
Boeing, and other companies in the Puget Sound area. His
recognitions include awards from the Pacific Northwest Writers
Association and the Seattle Arts Commission. He has been a National
Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, a Fulbright-Hays Fellow, and a
scholar-in-residence for the Washington Commission for the
Humanities and the Washington State Arts Commission.
As well as a guide to how others can help be healing presences to
the mentally ill, this hopeful book is a meditation on faith in a
broken world.—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A refreshing look at compassion and caring for Seattle's outcasts
. . . touching and not overly preachy."—Louisa Gaylord,
Crosscut
"Recommend[ed] to professionals . . . to those who have struggled
with mental/emotional problems, and to those who have mentally
disturbed family members or friends."—Dean Watt, The Center for
Progressive Christianity
"For the past 20 years, the Rev. Craig Rennebohm has spent at least
three days a week walking the streets of [Seattle]. His mission?
Helping the chronically homeless people everyone else bustles past.
He shepherds people with mental illnesses to doctor appointments.
He warms folks up with coffee at Starbucks. And, always, this
United Church of Christ minister tries to get some of the
2,000-plus people 'sleeping rough' on any given night into housing.
It's slow going." —Laura Vanderkam, USA Today
"Souls delivers a multilayered and nuanced discussion of
homelessness and mental illness. And, when combined with a
theological perspective that emphasizes God's love, Rennebohm's
hard-fought-and-won insights into engaging the homeless and
creating better systems of care offer refreshing contact points for
psychology and religion."—James H. Zahniser, Contemporary
Psychology
As well as a guide to how others can help be healing presences to
the mentally ill, this hopeful book is a meditation on faith in a
broken world.-Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A refreshing look at compassion and caring for Seattle's outcasts
. . . touching and not overly preachy."-Louisa Gaylord,
Crosscut
"Recommend[ed] to professionals . . . to those who have struggled
with mental/emotional problems, and to those who have mentally
disturbed family members or friends."-Dean Watt, The Center for
Progressive Christianity
"For the past 20 years, the Rev. Craig Rennebohm has spent at least
three days a week walking the streets of [Seattle]. His mission?
Helping the chronically homeless people everyone else bustles past.
He shepherds people with mental illnesses to doctor appointments.
He warms folks up with coffee at Starbucks. And, always, this
United Church of Christ minister tries to get some of the
2,000-plus people 'sleeping rough' on any given night into housing.
It's slow going." -Laura Vanderkam, USA Today
"Souls delivers a multilayered and nuanced discussion of
homelessness and mental illness. And, when combined with a
theological perspective that emphasizes God's love, Rennebohm's
hard-fought-and-won insights into engaging the homeless and
creating better systems of care offer refreshing contact points for
psychology and religion."-James H. Zahniser, Contemporary
Psychology
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