The roller coaster, the marathon, and the deep end
pastoral care
The man turned in a visitor card. I pulled up my web browser.
The teenager told me she was down to her last option: a hanger.
Trauma survivors are in your congregation. How will you help them heal?
Christy Gunter Sim, a trauma expert and domestic violence survivor, offers case studies for church leaders.
Here he was: prostrate, limp, a huge tube going down his windpipe.
One person told me, “It’s the first time I’ve been in a church for 30 years, since that day.”
Take & read: New books in practical theology
Pastoral, prophetic, and political
Standing at the graveside with the last lingering family members, time seems thick.
Pastoral care in a neoliberal age
Bruce Rogers-Vaughn believes that modern capitalism isn't simply anti-government. It's also anti-human and anti-church.
If you have to choose between offering false hope and the truth, go with the truth.
We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “door.”
Take & Read: Practical theology
Mary Clark Moschella recommends the best recently published books in her field.
Where should the stepkids sit at the funeral?
As family configurations change, so does pastoral care.
“When the church couldn’t talk about suicide or mental illness, it felt like God couldn’t either.”
This book taught me about phylacteries. More importantly, it taught me about myself.