The Healer's Vocation: Participant Guide - A Small Group for Christians in Health Care

by Brewer Eberly

The Healer’s Vocation is a small group program designed for Christians in health care. Offered by the Theology, Medicine, & Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School, this program invites participants to explore the intersections of Christian faith and clinical practice through a series of expertly curated sessions which explore themes of beauty, woundedness, health, suffering, belonging, formation, justice, disability, and friendship. Rooted in Christian tradition, this illuminated curriculum blends Scripture, prayer, and video discussions with contemplative practices around poetry, art, and silence. Written by a family physician and artist, the small group features conversations between clinicians, theologians, and ethicists from across disciplines, including Kate Bowler, John Swinton, Warren Kinghorn, Lydia Dugdale, and many others.

This is not just a workbook to be completed and thrown away, but a beautifully designed companion guide to be returned to again and again—filled with prayers, poems, works of visual art, and abundant space to take notes, sketch, dream, and pray. This participant guidebook also includes rich resources for further study and practice. If you have longed to break bread with your clinical colleagues, share stories around the work of healing with those you worship with, and rediscover the sacredness of your vocation in health care, then The Healer’s Vocation: A Small Group for Christians in Health Care, is for you. If you are a facilitator interested in leading, be sure to check out The Healer’s Vocation Facilitator Guide.

176 pages, Paperback

Published August 20, 2024