When You Are Facing Change

by J. Bill Ratliff

Overview

Pastoral counselor J. Bill Ratliff shows that facing change in our lives doesn't have to be a traumatic experience—it can be a time of enlightenment. Ratliff describes the types of chosen and unchosen changes one is likely to encounter in life and then tells how to deal with endings, uncertainties, and new beginnings. If we listen for the voice of God, Ratliff says, we can emerge from a time of major change more whole than we were before we entered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664250485
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	01/01/1989
Series:	Resources for Living Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

J. Bill Ratliff has been actively involved in pastoral counseling since 1970 and has written several books on the subject, including Out of the Silence: Quaker Perspectives on Pastoral Care and Counseling. Ratliff has also taught courses in Applied Theology at Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Indiana.

Editorial Reviews

A pastoral counselor who has midwifed many through important life changes and has also journeyed through some transitions of his own, Ratliff shares thoughts on dealing productively with the stresses and opportunities involved. More a reflective guide to transitions in general than a ``how to'' book for particular kinds of crisis, this is helpfully organized according to ``phases'' one may encounter (``Endings,'' ``The Wilderness,'' ``Beginnings''), with resources for growth along the way. For readers reflecting on past traditions or hoping to prepare for new ones.

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