Making Sense of the Senseless: Spiritual Care in an Uncertain World
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Seminar 3 in the Embrace Grief with Hope seminar series
Every caregiving professional knows well the importance of assessing the significance of faith community involvement in a dying or bereaved individual’s experience. We become unsure about how to proceed with the information we discover.
What big questions do people face about death, loss, and grief? Can I engage in spiritual conversations with clients/patients when I am not a chaplain? How do spiritual issues interface with the best biomedical and psychosocial care? How can I help individuals find a pathway to spiritual discovery without “proselytizing?”
Embracing Grief with Hope
The Tyndale Centre for Grief and Loss invites you to join us for "Embracing Grief With Hope" online seminars with Dr. William G. Hoy, Pastor, Presenter, Counsellor, Educator and clinical professor of Medical Humanities at Baylor University.
Grief is not about getting over our losses. It’s about enfolding them into our life, integrating them so that we are challenged to live new, transformed, and repurposed lives in the light of those losses.
Cost
$85 per seminar or $200 for all three.
Early bird rate (until Sept. 5, 2025), Student and Alumni rate:
- $65 per seminar
- or $150 for all three
Dr. William G. Hoy
Over the last 40 years, Bill has been walking alongside the dying, the bereaved, and the professionals who care for them. Prior to his coming to Baylor University, he was a pastor in Southern California from 1982 to 1995. He directed the Pathways Hospice bereavement program. In those days, the Hospice provided care to between 500 and 1,000 bereaved adults, teens and children every year. About 40% of patients had suffered a loved one’s violent death.
Dr. Hoy is widely regarded as an authority on the role of social support in death, dying and grief. He and his wife Debbie make their home in Crawford, Texas, where they welcomed students into their ranch home.
What Professor David Stamile says about his mentor, Dr. Bill Hoy.
“I am honoured to call Bill Hoy my friend and mentor for more than a decade. Through his guidance, I learned to navigate the dark waters of spiritual care in the midst of death, dying and bereavement. Beyond instructing me, he has equipped me with the tools to effectively teach college students about navigating these profound moments. Bill’s mentorship is a combination of a rich blend of practical wisdom, scholarly insight, compassionate care and the capacity to educate and guide others through transformative experiences.”