Pastoral

X can assist me in attaining further spiritual maturity by helping me to take into account the fact that Jesus also suffered at the hands of those whom he loved. As a Christian and future pastoral minister, I need to be aware of the fact that I too will suffer like Christ did when I minister to others. As Fr. Shayne Craig says, “There’s no resurrection without the suffering of the cross.” In terms of emotional maturing, I need to work on keeping…

There is no doubt that the novels of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Our Nig: Sketches from the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E. Wilson have many similarities. Both of the novels were written in the 1800’s long before the Civil Rights Act was ever written. The character of Tom (Uncle Tom’s Cabin), and Frado (Our Nig), appear to me, the reader to be the strongest similarity between the two novels. In the story of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Tom is an African American slave living on an…

"I am Because We Are" philosophy is giving way to Western individualistic living. This is an issue that calls for urgent attention by African (Ghanaian) sociologists and anthropologists. The modern trend has negative effects on communal and social Pastoral Care and support. In the view of Hord in his book I am Because…

Annotated Bibliography McGinnis, Carol Z.A. Assistant Professor and Pastoral Counselor in the Graduate Counseling Department at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, PA. She is currently Track Coordinator for the Clinical Mental Health Program, an ACA Awards Committee member (2012-2015), and Director of the AWI @ Fairview UM Church Counseling Center in Phoenix, Maryland. Research interests and publications have included a theory for anger processing and counseling of clients who…

The book Transitions: Leading Churches through Change, editor David Mosser compiles a collection of writings, be it academic essays or sermons, focused on assisting leaders of congregations experiencing change. This is a rare read for me, as in my thirteen years of ministry and Church leadership I have mostly encountered literature regarding change within organizations from a business perspective rather than a church point of view. To my delight, the contributors of this book offer an…

7. What can a Diocesan Bishop dispense from and what can he not dispense from? The Diocesan Bishop can dispense from universal, particular, disciplinary, and ecclesiastical dispositions that the supreme authority of the Church has mandated for his territory or his subjects. This right to dispense from some laws is conferred at the time of his ordination. Here the Code of Canon Law highlights that the Bishop is not a vicar of the Pope, but he has the power of governance in his diocese because it…

John Wesley has had a primary influence on my discernment of God’s calling in my life to pastoral ministry. What drew me to personally further my knowledge of the great founder and theologian of the Methodist denomination was his life and preaching of “love” and “grace”. John Wesley is known for encouraging people to enter into a personal intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. I felt God’s calling into pastoral ministry as a very young boy who looked on with admiration as I watched my father…

husband’s passing not long ago. Spiritual direction for was new to her, However Rev. M. didn’t think twice about helping a woman young in ministry to find her way. Automatically I know I could trust and confide in her. I contribute this to “good” pastoral care since, not only have I have learned important Spiritual direction from Rev. M. My religious background originally hailed from the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) tradition to the Baptist tradition. Not only has she encouraged me…

Having my Religion and Public Engagement internship at a hospital allowed me to observe how religion and the public connect in a medical setting. When I began my internship, I was under the impression that the interactions between Pastoral Services and patients would occur at the end of the patients’ lives. I chose this internship because I wanted to see how religion influenced end of life decisions such as ending definitive care. The majority of the patient interactions occurred during daily…

to live here. A bright shiny colored “Pathani suit” is the only and identical outfit of “Maldharies” of Banni. Cattles herder of Banni locally known as “Maldhari” and cattle rearing is the only profession of those people. However now with time, pastorals are educating their kids and trying to settle at permanent places due to charm of…