About the Book
Journeys to Joy chronicles the first two years in 10, of a journey to find and know the truth about God's love from God Himself. Learn how these people break free of the abusive control maintained over their lives and memories by people and priests who came in the name of God and claim to be acting under His authority. These remarkable true stories follow an individual with MPD, a survival mechanism initiated by a lifetime of abuse, struggling to find spiritual healing and 'wholeness' through the unconditional love of Jesus. Recorded in the words of those experiencing them, some of life's hardest issues are investigated, illustrated and documented in these books.; spiritual warfare, clergy abuse, Satanic Ritual Abuse, evil in everyday life, spiritual healing and the reality of the power of the kingdom of God at work in and around us. How God chooses to reveal His love and power, while confronting evil in the midst of their pain and suffering, through forgiveness, mercy and truth will challenge your concepts of Him and His love. "For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord, ' to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11
About the Author :
Michael E. Chalberg is pastor and cofounder of Shepherds Care Ministries home-based in Gilbert, Arizona. He offers 3 primary areas of ministry; Pastoral Counseling & Mentoring over the Internet and privately; Christian Renewal as an Intentional Interim Pastor & Consultant; and building Community Outreaches out of churches. He worked in the interim ministry for 23 years offering renewal and healing to troubled communities of faith as a pastor/consultant using conflict resolution, leadership training, restoration of Biblical Disciplines, instruction in spiritual warfare and deliverance ministry, and establishing prayer teams as the foundation for all ministries to support a laity-empowered church to the broken-hearted of the world. He has been in ministry for 44 years. The past 26 years he has specialized in pastoral counseling to survivors of ritual abuses; Clergy Abuse, sexual abuse, Satanic Ritual Abuse, Human Trafficking of Minors and other abuses like incest, pornography and Domestic Violence which can result in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder (a.k.a. MPD) and other trauma induced issues in adults and children. Some of his clients gave permission to publish their spiritual journeys of healing with him in the first book series entitled, Shattered People: Journeys to: Joy (2003) Love (2005). Their stories include his commentary as counselor, pastor, friend and fellow traveler. This ministry includes SCPublishing to provide education /self-help information to survivors and those who are caregivers for them. Now, 17 years later, SCP is adding another series "Loved Back to Life" in May 2020 with autobiographical books from various authors telling their stories of surviving severe abuse and trauma with Jesus' power & love to heal and redeem...true stories revealed to Pastor Mike since 2003 to encourage healing of all. He began this free counseling service as an extension of ministries started in 1989 to include an Internet based chatroom weekly reaching an international audience in need of counseling for ritual abuse and trauma. Here, both survivors and the people who care for them can come together for the soul purpose of learning about God's methods of spiritual healing in the midst of spiritual warfare, alongside of the SCM staff and fellow survivors on their healing journeys. He provides a 'virtual' church office atmosphere. Topics discussed include personal histories and experiences in the healing process, spiritual warfare, deliverance ministry and the development of spiritual gifts for survival. Private counseling is given as well via emails, private chat rooms, phone and video conferencing. He moved his ministries in 2010 to Arizona to create Starbright Foundation Inc. with partners in ministry focusing on children/minors caught up in human sex trafficking, by providing free support for rescues, protection, counseling, safe-housing and education to heal the traumas they endured. SFI expanded to include training of law enforcement, first responders, school systems, childcare workers, foster parents, churches, families and social groups... anyone who will listen about how to get involved in intervention and prevention of this criminal industry. He and his wife Carol (SCM cofounder) are graduates of Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. He has a Master of Divinity - Pastoral Care and Counseling and Carol has a Master of Arts in Theology.
Review :
BookReview.com, Monona, WI, June 16, 2003 - Journeys to Joy
Chalberg had a purpose in writing this book. He intends to suggest ways in which we can find God for ourselves by exposing our inadequate conceptions of God, which prevent us from seeing Him. He comprehensively accomplishes just that as he writes about a woman with Multiple Personality Disorder. He gives a complete history and profile of more than 66 personalities that make up the system of this individual, and he allows the personalities to tell their own stories in their own words as they come to know God through Jesus. Chalberg does not camouflage or water down the descriptions of evil encountered in these lives or their responses to that evil. This book will deepen your understanding of MPD, as well as the miracles sent by God to heal, renew and give everlasting love, as each part remembers and deals with the truth of their abuse.
Chalberg poses fascinating questions such as, "Does each personality of a multiple have their own soul before God, or is integration of the personalities into one soul the only way they are acceptable to God?" The book is remarkably well written, well organized, and shows a broad knowledge of the subject. However, Chalberg does not boast and gives all honor and glory to Jesus. He causes the reader to question the potential of mankind to do good yet affirms God's power to cause good to come from evil that we do to each other. One can't help but appreciate and feel his love for Jesus and dedication to help shattered people so perfectly depicted in his words.
Dr. Lindsay Malcolm, April 27, 2003 - Shattered People brings home the spiritual and relational devastation of lives torn by emotional, physical, sexual and spiritual abuse. It is a magnificent exposition of the spiritual dimensions of mental health. This is the healing power of Jesus Christ in mending the unmendable and using the story of one willing servant to bring hope to a multitude. It speaks eloquently of the compassion that Jesus has for the wounded and His ability to bring wholeness, as He defines it, in the midst of tragedy and pain. It invites one on a roller coaster journey, from gut-wrenching horror to hilarious laughter, but it is primarily a message of hope and encouragement to all who feel broken. The story as a true story will challenge the reader to live up to all it means to call one-self a Christian.
Dr. Joe Johnson, March 2003 - "Reading Shattered People is like eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. One can virtually taste the evil, but also the power of love overcoming that evil. This is a book for the professional, for the compassionate friend and for the broken in need of God's redeeming love."
Dr. Sean Anderson, San Ramon, CA - November 2005 - This was quite the emotional ride. Pastor Chalberg demonstrates courage and dedication to shine light into some of life's darkest corners. Bound to create controversy, these are stories of pain and despair; rebirth and the struggle to find love and joy in a world of confusion and suffering. We read of the individual journeys which lead to spiritual healing through God's mercy, which challenge, and perhaps changes our ideas of our spirituality before God. I believe this is Pastor Chalberg's greatest intent: He wants to challenge us with self-reflection of our own spirituality, through understanding the difficulties we witness in other people's lives. For this exact reason, these books are heavy with emotion and involved reading. They will definitely change the way you perceive others, yourself and the way you perceive your relationship with Jesus Christ.
