Pastoral

as a surrogate father to six younger siblings has prepared me to listen compassionately and give advice as needed. Also, in my capacity as a nursing home minister I have had the opportunity to reach out to lonely and confused patients. The role of pastoral counselor is, of course, much broader and much more inclusive as far as the needs of prospective clients are concerned. What I have read and learned it has been clear that it is not enough to be counselor. A family system has a critical and…

tendency in the counseling movement to see freedom from anguish and the attainment of inner peace as an end. To exist in such a state within a society so marred by injustice and lack of true peace as ours was, he argued an untenable position.” (p.98) Pastoral counselling usually tries to help people adjust to their families and social situations. The spiritual director is helping another person to search for God and the goal is to be becoming in God. My understanding is that the attitude of…

The Basseri are a pastoral nomadic society in southern Iran where the landscape for grazing animal is extremely difficult to travel, this terrain ranges from the desert to the mountains. The Basseri’s economy is mainly from rearing sheep and goats which are milked for producing cheese and butter. In the contrast to the United States, milk and cheese production has been commercialized into a multi-million dollar industry, creating white collar jobs that are high recognized in our modern society.…

Guatemala City in 1776. From 1524 until 1821, Guatemala (City and Province) was the center of government for the captaincy-general of Guatemala, whose jurisdiction extended from Yucatán to Panama. Economically, this was mainly an agricultural and pastoral area in which Amerindian labor served a colonial landed aristocracy. The Roman Catholic religion and education regulated the social life of the capital. Spanish political and social institutions were…

so it would give believers a bad name. Living those principles, others would gain trust and accept God as their savior. The letters Paul wrote them were filled with sound advice. The two letters to Timothy and the letters to Titus are called the “Pastoral Epistles “and there are others in…

programmes (Boarder.gov.au, n.p, p. 82). Furthermore the Australian Government argues that their services for those in Christmas Island are being regularly visited by Commonwealth Ombudsman’s Office, the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Red Cross, Pastoral care providers and their group representatives within their community. They also determine they have…

“What is Rashelle’s one big thing?” is the question I have to ask myself and in answering the question I must be willing to be vulnerable in order to decrease my immunity to change. I have known for quite some time that perhaps the one thing that is holding me back is trust. Trust has to be earned in ordered for me to grant it. Additionally, I have realized that my mistrust has prevented me from advancing in some areas in my life. The concept of we are our own enemy rings true for me…

Over the past few decades, food availability in Uganda shows increasing trends. During 2009-13, average protein intake was 51 gram/person/day that is considerably high than previous years. Supply of protein from animal sources is still low, only 12 gram/person/day, and almost consistent over the period of time. The plausible reason is low production of meat sources, e.g., cattle, chicken. Though Uganda produces a lot of fish but intended for export which is also needed to import cereals from…

A 2006 nationwide study found, “E. coli guidelines were exceeded” (MAF, 2006, p.4) in more than 90 percent of lowland river pastoral sites tested, while 78 percent exceeded ammonia guidelines (MAF, 2006; Ministry, 2009), and New Zealand’s total renewable freshwater resource (per capita) has fallen by almost half since the 1960’s (Worldbank, 2018). Furthermore, the statistics on…

The Romantic period of poetry wasn’t just about the romantic imaginings of the natural life; it was rife with social and political issues. The Romantic Era was a particularly turbulent time for these problems and the writers of this time reflected day-to-day struggles with poverty, the crushing power of the ruling classes and the previous fall of the French nobles at the hands of those beneath them in various ways. Shelley’s “Ozymandias” was one such politically driven poem. The idea that a…