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Architectures of Grace in Pastoral Care
Author | : Douglas B. Olds |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2023-05-23 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781666766974 |
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An updating of virtue ethics for modern pastors and the souls they care for, this book proposes innovations for the craft of ministry in the theology of grace—how virtues radiate to tame strife and other destructive behaviors. It presents a comprehensive alternative to the top-down proclamations of “biblical counseling” approaches that try to impart, from an eclectic biblicist lens, cognitive authorities for consequential change. Instead, Christ’s bottom-up practice of virtues heals and fulfills by focusing on neighbor first and subordinating the ego’s strategic considerations—more graciously spreading God’s will in ministry through participatory and experiential knowledge. Virtuous pastoral ministries integrate the common grace of humanist learning to address the range of the care seeker’s contemporary context—her upbringing, struggles, and affiliations. This book presents more the “how” than the “what” of pastoral theology: more how the dance of mutuality and chivalry enters the spiritual flow of healing metaphysical grace than the “what” of right “belief.” Even so, pastoral care from the virtue ethical approach inevitably reconsiders “vending machine” theologies, destructive doctrinal boundaries, and context-lite biblicisms. This presentation introduces how virtue ethics apply to ministry, the household, individual trauma and addictions, and the contemporary political and cultural arena.
Architectures of Grace in Pastoral Care
Author | : Douglas B. Olds |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2023-05-23 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781666766998 |
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An updating of virtue ethics for modern pastors and the souls they care for, this book proposes innovations for the craft of ministry in the theology of grace--how virtues radiate to tame strife and other destructive behaviors. It presents a comprehensive alternative to the top-down proclamations of "biblical counseling" approaches that try to impart, from an eclectic biblicist lens, cognitive authorities for consequential change. Instead, Christ's bottom-up practice of virtues heals and fulfills by focusing on neighbor first and subordinating the ego's strategic considerations--more graciously spreading God's will in ministry through participatory and experiential knowledge. Virtuous pastoral ministries integrate the common grace of humanist learning to address the range of the care seeker's contemporary context--her upbringing, struggles, and affiliations. This book presents more the "how" than the "what" of pastoral theology: more how the dance of mutuality and chivalry enters the spiritual flow of healing metaphysical grace than the "what" of right "belief." Even so, pastoral care from the virtue ethical approach inevitably reconsiders "vending machine" theologies, destructive doctrinal boundaries, and context-lite biblicisms. This presentation introduces how virtue ethics apply to ministry, the household, individual trauma and addictions, and the contemporary political and cultural arena.
Pastoral Care and the Means of Grace
Author | : Ralph L. Underwood |
Publsiher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1992-10-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1451416466 |
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The emphasis on pastoral freedom is nearly spent?and found wanting. Many caregivers today are seeking to balance such freedom with a sense of God's transcendence and communal order, which entail personal and ritual formation.In Underwood's resulting spirituality, the soul of pastoral care is prayer. The substance is Scripture, studied in both liturgical and personal settings. The evangelical principle is reconciliation. Baptism lays the foundation for pastoral care by providing the paradigm for all transformations. Eucharist constitutes the eschatological horizon for pastoral care as ministry in the human encounter of God's presence.This winsomely written book stands at the forefront of a broad movement among scholars and clergy in nonliturgical traditions that aims at retrieving explicitly religious resources?the means of grace. The result is a rare, truly ecumenical contribution to pastoral care, which deepens practice by providing a vision and a spirituality.
Pastoral Graces
Author | : Lee Eclov |
Publsiher | : Moody Publishers |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2012-05-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780802479457 |
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Grace is the credential that lets us park close to people's hearts.When Christ calls a pastor He instills a kind of heightened instinct for grace; what we call a shepherd's heart. However, pastors often become disoriented by leadership demands, congregational expectation, and the wounds of ministry. They forget how to use the grace of Christ in the everyday work of pastoring. Through striking word pictures and stories that resonate with every pastor, this book will reinvigorate pastors' instincts for practicing grace in the churches they shepherd. Whether you are training to be a pastor and wondering if you are called, a seasoned shepherd needing encouragement and affirmation, or simply someone who wants to encourage your pastor, you will appreciate the sage wisdom and confirmation poured out in the pages of Pastoral Graces.
The Music Architect
Author | : Constance M. Cherry |
Publsiher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2016-07-19 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781493404575 |
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Guidance for Leaders Seeking a Richer Way to Employ Worship Music Worship expert Constance Cherry offers comprehensive guidance to Christian leaders seeking a deeper, richer way to employ worship music in engaging ways for twenty-first-century worshipers. Following Cherry's successful book The Worship Architect, this work helps Christian leaders think theologically and act pastorally about worship music in their churches. It addresses larger issues beyond the surface struggles of musical styles and provides tools to critically evaluate worship songs. The book is applicable to all Christian traditions and worship styles and is well suited to both the classroom and the local church. Each chapter concludes with suggested practical exercises, recommended reading, and basic vocabulary terms.
Consenting to Grace
Author | : Tilda Norberg,Gestalt Pastoral Care |
Publsiher | : Gestalt Pastoral Care |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2005-12 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0965870715 |
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Set in the context of the author's own healing journey, this resource integrates healing prayer, spiritual companioning, and insights from Gestalt psychotherapy in the faith that God is already at work in each of these arenas to bring healing.
Catholic Church Architecture and the Spirit of the Liturgy
Author | : Denis Robert McNamara |
Publsiher | : LiturgyTrainingPublications |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781595250278 |
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The Special Service Worship Architect
Author | : Constance M. Cherry |
Publsiher | : Baker Books |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2013-07-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781441242877 |
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This book takes the principles found in Constance Cherry's successful The Worship Architect--in which she provided dynamic blueprints for designing worship services--and applies them to special services in the life of the church. Cherry, a worship professor and practitioner, offers theological reflection, practical guidance, and suggested resources to help worship leaders and ministry students in training to create meaningful special services related to the sacraments, life passages, and other occasions. Cherry sets forth a process concerning worship design for special services and demonstrates how this process is conducive to virtually any style of worship practiced today in a myriad of Christian communities. She includes a model order for each service type, including weddings, funerals, baptisms, child dedications, Holy Communion, and more. The book not only explains what leaders do in order to preside at special services and how to do it, but also why they make certain choices. Each chapter includes discussion questions, practical exercises, and a basic glossary.