This book evolved directly from my doctoral project, then went through several transformations over the years, culminating in this book format. This is the version of the curriculum that I presented to thousands of both male and female inmates from 2010-2025. With the creation of the Student Manual below in 2024, this then became the Leader's Guide.
Originally designed as a gift book with special graphics and numerous color images, this book started as Chapter 3 of Repurposing Scars. Now it is a stand-alone book with added content, images, and text. Buy one for your pastor, chaplain, graduate student, or other minister or caregiver! Currently, Jubilee Prison Ministry is giving this book to participants in all their events!
This book was a dozen years in the making, starting with my human research at Harris County Jail in Houston from 2009–2012 for my doctoral dissertation. I'm calling it a one-stop shop for caregivers dealing with emotional and psychological damage. I coined the term "scar theology" based on Jesus' surviving scars at his resurrection.
Coming Attractions:
Very soon now, all the lessons of this curriculum will be recorded in a studio and posted on the Pando application on inmate tablets around the country. Families of inmates will be encouraged to use the Student Workbook to study the material along with their incarcerated loved ones.
At the same time, the lessons will be posted on YouTube, with links here, so anyone can self-study or present the material in churches, small groups, or any application with an interest in managing the after-effects of trauma and emotional scars.
The above will be made possible by the amazing Less than the Least Ministry, led by Executive Director, Bill Everts.
Stay tuned for more updates!
This was my first book that now has several new images of Christ added, all of which come from the same perspective: We bring our broken hearts and lives to him to mend, and we leave with repaired, retooled, revamped, and repurposed hearts, ready for our new mission in life.
Presenting a writing workshop to students in Houston Graduate School of Theology's new program, Doctor of Professional Counseling (DPC).
This is the Student Workbook for the above Leader's Guide. The new recording of classes (see "Coming Attractions") will revolve around students being able to follow along and interact in a variety of settings. On Amazon, click "See All Formats and Editions" on the above book.
Doctorof Ministry clients on graduation day
at Baylor University / George W. Truett
Theological Seminary in Waco, TX.
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About the founder
Kevin Hrebik, DMin, has more than 40 years experience in most aspects of the writing and publishing world. He began as a typesetter, using a linotype machine in the 1970s. He has sold poetry, fiction, greeting cards, product texts, high school and adult Sunday school curriculum, scripture commentaries, and magazine articles.
Kevin has been a staff writer for Cornerstone magazine, editorial director for Abbey Press, assignment writer for Charisma magazine, and freelance copyeditor and proofreader for the publisher of the world-famous “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series.
He holds an AS in Journalism, a BA in Interpersonal Communication, a MA in Religion, and a DMin from Houston Graduate School of Theology with a specialization in pastoral care. He formally launched My Paper Whisperer in 2010 and began to focus on graduate and doctoral student papers, theses, projects, and dissertations.
Kevin's books are listed below, most of which address the wide world of emotional scarring, primarily from abuse but which can result from any number of adverse circumstances in life. He was a Chaplain for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from 2015-2025. Retired now, he is free to focus his attention on writing and editing, which also gives him a faster turnaround time for editing documents.