This edition of Chrism encompasses a wide variety of issues affecting children and the community. In the first article, Jan Burn, in a moving personal story, tells how she coped when her seven year old son was diagnosed with cancer. Her experience will be of particular value for parents in similar situations, where there seems often to be few sources of help available. Then in a powerful article Dr Anne Bayley writes about the effects of AIDS on children in central Africa, whether orphaned or actually infected, and the odds against their receiving help. Finally Jane Chevous writes about the all too topical subject of child abuse—what it feels like to be a victim, and how pastors and other individuals can help in the long road back to freedom from the past.
Contents
When your child is ill 2
Against Very Heavy Odds 5
The Long Road to Freedom 8
Book Review 10 Information about the Guild 11
Meditations for Spring & Summer 12