he function of pastor that best engages me and my calling is that of the pastor as a counselor; Willimon talks about the curate in this function in chapter seven in his book Pastor. There are many reasons why I see this role important in my vocation as a chaplain. There are several ways in which this image related to my emerging ecclesiology. The first thing I can relate to is what Tim Crutcher talks about in chapter six on “tradition at its best”. The early concept of the church is that the church is all alone (76). There are not divisions between who can or who cannot do something. This concept is important because if one member of the body is hurting or going through a tough time then we as a whole are going through the same thing with them.
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Frist Willimon states that it is important to lay out clear boundaries for yourself. Setting limits can mean a number of unlike things, limits on mental time, emotional time and psychical time with a person (177). I view this as a point of connection for me because it’s important not to permit yourself to get fully involved in somebody else’s state of affairs that you begin to believe that it is yours. Within my counseling office, I believe it's important for me to recall that I am an outside person my job is only to be a scout. The second degree of connectedness that I found is that within my sessions sometimes I will come in touch with reality and raw emotions (177). More or less of these masses may have simply had some of the worst news that they have found out and I am the first mortal that they get in touch with. I think it's key for me to have them express how they experience without trying to put words in their mouth to identify how they feel. If someone feels angry and feels need to cry and yell it’s important to admit me to express themselves, what they are experiencing are natural emotions. The final connection that I can make is the simplest but can be the easiest to overlook just to listen to them. When listening to someone I will be capable of facilitating them the separate reality from fantasy (177). Sometimes a person may not need our language of wisdom, but for us to help them the sense of their own
Frist Willimon states that it is important to lay out clear boundaries for yourself. Setting limits can mean a number of unlike things, limits on mental time, emotional time and psychical time with a person (177). I view this as a point of connection for me because it’s important not to permit yourself to get fully involved in somebody else’s state of affairs that you begin to believe that it is yours. Within my counseling office, I believe it's important for me to recall that I am an outside person my job is only to be a scout. The second degree of connectedness that I found is that within my sessions sometimes I will come in touch with reality and raw emotions (177). More or less of these masses may have simply had some of the worst news that they have found out and I am the first mortal that they get in touch with. I think it's key for me to have them express how they experience without trying to put words in their mouth to identify how they feel. If someone feels angry and feels need to cry and yell it’s important to admit me to express themselves, what they are experiencing are natural emotions. The final connection that I can make is the simplest but can be the easiest to overlook just to listen to them. When listening to someone I will be capable of facilitating them the separate reality from fantasy (177). Sometimes a person may not need our language of wisdom, but for us to help them the sense of their own