Covenants & Care
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Covenants and Care takes these hard realities into account as the authors, a team of experts in ministry and the Bible, offer skills for the long haul. They employ the Old Testament notion of covenant and ask ministers to enter...
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Covenants and Care takes these hard realities into account as the authors, a team of experts in ministry and the Bible, offer skills for the long haul. They employ the Old Testament notion of covenant and ask ministers to enter a covenant both for their own self-care and as a key to framing and enlivening their care for others in ministry. True-to-life stories show how biblically-based covenantal relationships with clear boundaries promote healthy relationships, and how they are integral to faithful personal and pastoral care. The authors' sensible yet sensitive approach offers practical help for the minister's self-care while providing tools for meeting such challenges as conflict in the congregation, issues of sexual ethics, questions of power and conscience, and the dynamics of spirituality.
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Everyone in-or associated with-pastoral ministry knows of the heavy toll on pastors' personal and professional lives. Surveys commonly report time pressures, stress, overextension, loneliness and isolation, marital and family difficulties, spiritual dryness, and feelings of loss of meaning. Covenants and Care takes these hard realities into account as the authors, a team of experts in ministry and the Bible, offer skills for the long haul. They employ the Old Testament notion of covenant and ask ministers to enter a covenant both for their own self-care and as a key to framing and enlivening their care for others in ministry. True-to-life stories show how biblically-based covenantal relationships with clear boundaries promote healthy relationships, and how they are integral to faithful personal and pastoral care. The authors' sensible yet sensitive approach offers practical help for the minister's self-care while providing tools for meeting such challenges as conflict in the congregat
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PRODUCT DETAIL
- Catalogue Code 236553
- Product Code 0800629884
- EANÂ 9780800629885
- Pages 172
- Department Academic
- Category Leadership
- Sub-Category Church Leadership
- Publisher Augsburg/fortress Press
- Publication Date Sep 2003
- Dimensions 225 x 151 x 12mm
- Weight 0.338kg
Gary L Harbaugh
Harbaugh-Prof of pastoral care and psychology at Trinity Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. He is now director of leadership development for the Florida-Bahamas Synod of the ELCA and part of the Disaster Relief Team
Rodney Hutton
Rodney R. Hutton is Professor of Old Testament at Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, Ohio). He is the author of Charisma and Authority in Israelite Society (Fortress Press, 1994), and co-author of Covenants and Care: Boundaries in Life, Faith, and Ministry (Fortress Press, 1998).
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