Congregational care

Article An Ethic of Love in Marriage and Divorce
- By Felicia M. George
- Posted on April 25th, 2013
For years now, it has been reported that Christians divorce as often as everyone else in America. In an attempt to determine the validity of this assertion, various sociologists…
Article Family Concerns: When to Refer
- By Jessica Miller Kelley
- Posted on April 19th, 2013
Many seminarians in their introductory Pastoral Care class hear this cardinal rule for any counseling work they will do in their capacity as a congregational leader: Know when to…
Article Bullies in the Church
- By Todd Outcalt
- Posted on March 18th, 2013
Because my wife is a middle-school principal, I often hear stories about the school bullies. In fact, bullying has become a major point of conversation in the past decade, and…
Article Review: Speaking of Dying
- By Eric Van Meter
- Posted on January 7th, 2013
In a Protestant church that has outsourced its role in the dying process to the secular medical world, authors Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith seek to reclaim…
Article Review: Hoping for More
- By Logan Robertson
- Posted on October 26th, 2012
Dr. Deanna A. Thompson, Professor at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, begins her new book, Hoping for More: Having Cancer, Talking Faith, and Accepting Grace, with a…
Article Social Media and Perceived Intimacy
- By John Voelz
- Posted on October 18th, 2012
In 1963, anthropologist Edward T. Hall coined the concept of proxemics. The concept says (my paraphrase); What we intend to communicate and how messages are received are affected…