Indispensable Guide to Pastoral Care

by Sharyl B. Peterson

Overview

What is pastoral care? Being present to others in a loving way, a relationship rooted beyond yourself, and what you say and do in this relationship. Sound complicated? Sharyl B. Peterson recognizes that as students learn more about specific areas of—facilitating pastoral conversations, making hospital visits and planning funerals, offering bereavement care, and celebrating weddings and births—they also learn to draw connections to care and its theological foundations. "The Indispensable Guide to Pastoral Care" helps to link these elements by helping you to practice pastoral caregiving while you learn to explore various areas of care.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780829820706
Publisher:	Pilgrim Press, The/United Church Press
Publication date:	03/01/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	327 KB

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     v
What Makes Care "Pastoral"?     1
Being in Right Relationship     10
The Practice of Presence     23
Hearing Others into Speech     36
Godward Listening     50
Sacred Words, Sacred Actions     66
Are Any among You Sick?     80
A Time to Weep     95
A Time to Dance     114
Resources     131

Editorial Reviews

"Peterson guides pastoral caregivers into their relationship with God from where true ministry flows. This book is truly indispensable!" (Jane E. Vennard, senior adjunct faculty, Iliff School of Theology, and author of A Praying Congregation)

"Peterson's wisdom is grounded in her experience, and her understanding of biblical perspectives and ability to draw upon the literature of pastoral care makes this an excellent guide to the ministry of pastoral care." (Joretta L. Marshall, professor of pastoral theology, care, and counseling, Brite Divinity School)

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