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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">Spirituality as therapy</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2025-04-03T00:07:45Z</updated><entry><title>A Point of Order</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/a-point-of-order" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/a-point-of-order</id><published>2025-04-25T17:58:23Z</published><updated>2025-04-25T17:58:23Z</updated><content type="html">When I created this blog I was unfamiliar with the structure for separating one subject for another and posted what are now separate subjects as Replies to previous Replies.
I had a sequence in mind that has been lost in recreating the subject matter...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/a-point-of-order"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722102&amp;AppID=42425&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Auldheid</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/9fa6ad1bdc894b9eb92c4f3f794d4996</uri></author></entry><entry><title>A Message from late Pope Francis from hospital in March 2025</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/a-message-from-late-pope-francis-from-hospital-in-march-2025" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/a-message-from-late-pope-francis-from-hospital-in-march-2025</id><published>2025-04-25T17:38:18Z</published><updated>2025-04-25T17:38:18Z</updated><content type="html">A Spiritual Message from&amp;nbsp;the Pope in Hospital in March.

I read the thoughts of Pope Francis reflecting from his stay in &amp;nbsp;hospital in March and thought they were more of a spiritual nature than religious, but of particular relevance to thos...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/a-message-from-late-pope-francis-from-hospital-in-march-2025"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722101&amp;AppID=42425&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Auldheid</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/9fa6ad1bdc894b9eb92c4f3f794d4996</uri></author><category term="Hospital" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/archive/tags/Hospital" /></entry><entry><title>Schoenstaat</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/schoenstaat" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/schoenstaat</id><published>2025-04-25T17:34:57Z</published><updated>2025-04-25T17:34:57Z</updated><content type="html">Schoenstaat
This resource I want to draw to attention is about a beautiful place with beautiful grounds where there is a small chapel that when visited together can set minds in turmoil at rest.
I used the term beautiful place because the resource I ...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/schoenstaat"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722100&amp;AppID=42425&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Auldheid</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/9fa6ad1bdc894b9eb92c4f3f794d4996</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Lanarkshire Cancer Care  Trust</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/lanarkshire-cancer-care-trust" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/lanarkshire-cancer-care-trust</id><published>2025-04-25T17:31:02Z</published><updated>2025-04-25T17:31:02Z</updated><content type="html">Lanarkshire Cancer Care&amp;nbsp; Trust
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To continue with my &amp;quot; I have sent you nothing but angels&amp;quot; theme although only for patients who live in South Lanarkshire:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;
I would have found it costly and difficult to get to Monklands...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/lanarkshire-cancer-care-trust"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722099&amp;AppID=42425&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Auldheid</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/9fa6ad1bdc894b9eb92c4f3f794d4996</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Grounding Spirituality</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/grounding-spirituality" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/grounding-spirituality</id><published>2025-04-25T17:28:48Z</published><updated>2025-04-25T17:28:48Z</updated><content type="html">Spirituality is all very well but it has to be grounded in some form to make it real. I found the following story about a man stranded on the roof of his house as flood waters rose helped make that connection in a relevant context.

A firm believer i...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/grounding-spirituality"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722098&amp;AppID=42425&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Auldheid</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/9fa6ad1bdc894b9eb92c4f3f794d4996</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Grieving Cancer</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/grieving-cancer" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/grieving-cancer</id><published>2025-04-25T17:13:54Z</published><updated>2025-04-25T17:13:54Z</updated><content type="html">Grieving Cancer.
In a previous blog I mentioned The Beginning Experience, an organisation setup to help folk negotiate their way through the grief that follows the loss of a loved one through bereavement or divorce. ( &lt;a href="https://beginningexperiencegbandi.org/"&gt;Beginning Experience Great Brita...&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/grieving-cancer"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722097&amp;AppID=42425&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Auldheid</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/9fa6ad1bdc894b9eb92c4f3f794d4996</uri></author><category term="Grieving" scheme="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/archive/tags/Grieving" /></entry><entry><title>Introduction to Blog and Its Purpose.</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/introduction-to-blog-and-its-purpose" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/introduction-to-blog-and-its-purpose</id><published>2025-04-02T23:07:45Z</published><updated>2025-04-02T23:07:45Z</updated><content type="html">


My living with rectal cancer journey began last July 2024 following a colonoscopy.&amp;nbsp;
The prognosis by Consultant surgeon&amp;nbsp; was positive in that the tumour near anus could be removed and a stoma fitted after radio/chemo therapy treatment&amp;amp;nb...(&lt;a href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/spirituality-as-therapy/posts/introduction-to-blog-and-its-purpose"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=722060&amp;AppID=42425&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Auldheid</name><uri>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/9fa6ad1bdc894b9eb92c4f3f794d4996</uri></author></entry></feed>