Dina Greenberg

2011-11-20T17:31:00.003-05:00

Read my short story, "Discarded," in Gemini Magazine.

2011-06-19T12:39:00.003-04:00

My short story "Pure" is featured in Chaffey Review's Issue Six, hot off the press this week!

2011-03-09T20:22:00.004-05:00

At the end of the month, I will be traveling to Norfolk, VA to take part in the kick-off meeting for the 2012 Professional Development Training Program (PDTC) for the US Navy Chaplain Corps. This is a remarkable privilege and I look forward to meeting one of my colleagues, Richard Westphal, along with Chaplain Tubley, and Admirals Tidd and Kibben. This is the beginning of a very exciting journey. We will be formulating a three-day program that addresses some of the challenges that sea service chaplains face in their daily mission of providing pastoral care to the men and women who preserve and protect our nation.

2011-02-12T14:41:00.002-05:00

My short story, "Stray," is now available on Amazon for Kindle, Barnes & Noble for Nook, and in PDF for download to your computer. Check out my page at Books to Go Now for details.

2011-01-18T18:00:00.004-05:00

Watch for launch information on my story "Stray," at Books to Go Now, available on Kindle (Amazon) and Nook (Barnes and Noble).

Chaplain Role in Healing PTSD

2011-01-07T14:25:00.008-05:00

To view my recent presentation on the chaplain's role in healing combat veterans with PTSD, log onto my iDisk Public Files Then just type in the password: fortress

2010-01-21T10:47:00.002-05:00

Israel

2010-01-21T10:44:00.002-05:00

2010-01-21T10:31:00.003-05:00

Join us for the second "Healing Trauma through Narrative Workshop."

For military service members, spouses, adult family members, and helping professionals

For writers of any level

Express yourself through fiction, memoir, or creative non-fiction writing

Explore your feelings about deployment, combat, home life, relationships, and transitions

Share your writing in a safe, respectful, and confidential environment

Improve your writing and critique skills

Tuesday Evenings -6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2, 9

Espress It Café – 18 Haddon Ave. Haddon Twp.

Call: 856-429-3481, e-mail: dinag206@comcast.net for more information

This six-week workshop will be facilitated by freelance writer/researcher Dina Greenberg, M.A. Ms. Greenberg has written extensively on combat trauma and has recently completed a curriculum for chaplains on combat-related PTSD. Her poetry, essays, reviews, and short stories have appeared in publications such as Bellevue Literary Review, Blood & Thunder, Chronogram, theYale Journal of Humanities and Medicine, Lalitamba, and the Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling.

Narrative Workshop Dates

2009-08-17T14:24:00.005-04:00

The Healing Trauma through Narrative: Writing Workshop will be held on six consecutive Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

September 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4.

At M'Kor Shalom, 850 E. Evesham Road, Cherry Hill, NJ.

Healing Trauma through Narrartive: Writing Workshops Now Forming in Burlington and Camden Counties

2009-05-26T17:55:00.005-04:00

For military service members, spouses, and adult family members

For writers of any level

Express yourself through fiction, memoir, or creative non-fiction writing

Explore your feelings about deployment, combat, home life, relationships, and transitions

Share your writing in a safe, respectful, and confidential environment

Improve your writing and critique skills

Call: 856-429-3481 or e-mail: dinag206@comcast.net, and check this site for further information.

Photo credit: Chris Floyd

Army Suicides on the Rise

2009-03-12T12:49:00.007-04:00

The Department of the Army has finally gone public and acknowledged the alarming rate of suicide among its ranks. The story ran March 12, 2009 in the Houston Chronicle. View full text of the article on U.S. Senator John Cornyn's homepage.
Photo Credit: Chris Floyd, 2006

Deep Wounds

2008-03-10T18:20:00.008-04:00

Read
how
combat
vets
struggle
with
PTSD
at Chronogram
Online.

Healing Workshops for Vets with PTSD

2008-01-29T11:53:00.000-05:00

Read about psychotherapist Ed Tick's work with combat vets who suffer with PTSD.

The Unwanted Gift of Grief by Tim P. VanDuivendyk

2007-10-18T09:45:00.000-04:00

Read my review in the Fall 2007 issue of the Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling. This book is published by Haworth Press.

Pain Management

2007-08-08T20:09:00.000-04:00

When medical science comes up short, sometimes complementary and alternative therapies can ease the pain.

Gendered Expressions of Grief

2007-08-07T17:07:00.000-04:00

Read about funeral and mourning customs of women throughout the Islamic world in the Journal of Religion & Society.

Spirituality in Medicine

2007-08-07T11:40:00.000-04:00

Read full story about the intersection of spirituality and medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Andrew Newberg's Brain Imaging Studies

2007-07-27T16:43:00.000-04:00

Can high-tech images of the human brain reveal our most deeply held beliefs? How do religious and spiritual experiences affect brain activity, and how should we interpret these changes? Most important: What is a "real" spiritual or religious experience, and can scientists ever truly validate this "reality?"

Read my article "The Biology of Belief" in inside Magazine and visit Penn's Center for Spirituality and the Mind to learn more about Dr. Newberg's research.

Creative Work

2007-07-27T10:42:00.000-04:00

Mythopoetic Quest

There was —
before

she understood
streaming particles,
millennia of matter past
beyond

the known, the unknowable
cognitive thought revisited —
the sacred rationalized

seminal texts
deconstructed

musings
blessed, blasphemed
god, godless
still

countless shards
refracted through starlight
alone and silent

her pilgrimage ensued
ancient and ageless
new-age and vacuous

upon learning this
she questioned [him] further.

More Creative Work:

Read Lost Soul's Journey in the Bellevue Literary Revue.

Read my poem Practicum at Chronogram On-line.