A Primer In Pastoral Care

by Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner

Overview

Based on her twenty years of teaching and on her own experience in pastoral care, Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner has written a basic pastoral-care text to assist in the emotional and spiritual preparation of pastoral caregivers.

Stevenson-Moessner sees pastoral care as the interconnection and interplay of love of God, love of neighbor, and love of self. Her brief book engenders confidence and caring in the initiate, and assuages the fear and anxiety that naturally occur when one accompanies people in life-changing pain and travail. Through bibical parables - especially the Good Samaritan and the Good Shepherd - and stories from her own experience, Stevenson-Moessner imparts genuine wisdom and meaningful support to those who courageously dare to offer caregiving ministry in whatever situation or through whatever method or paradigm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451410839
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	07/01/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	614,402
File size:	298 KB

Table of Contents

	Editor's Foreword	9
	Acknowledgments	11
	Introduction	13
Chapter 1	The One-Room Schoolhouse	17
Chapter 2	The Grammar of Care: Pointers and Precepts	25
Chapter 3	The Prism of Pastoral Care: Scripture Refracted	37
Chapter 4	The Community as Classroom: Avoiding Compassion Fatigue	45
Chapter 5	The Open Classroom: Places of Care	61
Chapter 6	The Open Classroom: More Places of Care	75
Chapter 7	An Alphabet of Grace	85
	Notes	93