A Primer In Pastoral Care: Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling Series [Paperback]

Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0800637607 | ISBN-13: 978-0800637606

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.

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About the Author

Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner is Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Christian Formation at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), she is also a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. Along with her most recent volume, The Spirit of Adoption: At Home in God's Family (2003), she is editor of three pioneering handbooks in pastoral care of and by women: Women in Travail and Transition (1991), Through the Eyes of Women (1996), and In Her Own Time (2000), all from Fortress Press. A Primer in Pastoral Care Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling series Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner Finally, a simple, straightforward introduction to the whatwhy- how of pastoral care, for beginning pastors.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Fortress Press (July 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800637607
• ISBN-13: 978-0800637606
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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