Our Journey to Wellness
Conversations along the way
This resource is your starting point for participating in our health initiative, Raising Up Healthy Women and Girls. It is a guide to having healthy dialogue in your community about women's total health: physical, emotional, and spiritual.
Our Journey to Wellness is grounded in understanding women's total wellness in intergenerational, faith-centered dialogue.
The four women who wrote this resource are advocates for women's health and for Women of the ELCA adopting this initiative.
- The Rev. Mary Stein-Webber, part-time pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, licensed counselor, and director of A Safe Place to Heal Christian Counseling in Oakland, Calif., helps us explore emotional health.
- The Rev. Ginger Anderson-Larson, director for spiritual formation and associate director of contextual education at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, leads us through spiritual health.
- Dr. Gwen Wagstrom Halaas, a family physician in St. Paul, Minn., and author of The Right Road: Life Choices for Clergy (Fortress Press, 2004), shapes our discussion on physical health.
- Tammy Devine, diaconal minister, registered nurse, and wellness coordinator for the ELCA Board of Pensions in Minneapolis, designed a process to facilitate fruitful dialogue toward making a difference.
Our Journey to Wellness is free and may be reproduced as needed. Use it for a Women of the ELCA unit program, as part of a cluster or conference event, or as part of a synodical women's convention. Try it with a confirmation class, young adults (especially those entering their first profession), council members, or committees. The program is flexible; use it over several sessions or as a one-day retreat.
