Pastoral care

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: The Judas Syndrome
- By Eric Van Meter
- Posted on January 18th, 2013
With his latest book, The Judas Syndrome: Why Good People Do Awful Things, therapist and author George Simon tries to explain why people do bad things, and how to deal with the…
Article Marriage Prep Programs and Policies
- By Richard A. Hunt and Jane P. Ives
- Posted on January 8th, 2013
On a hot summer day, a young couple knocked on the pastor’s door and asked, “How long will it take for you to marry us? We already have our license.” A bit …
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 Healing Through Art
- By Juanita Campbell Rasmus
- Posted on October 28th, 2012
It has been said that most of us cease being actively engaged in any type of creative expression on a regular basis once we leave elementary school. What an incredible loss to…