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Pastoral Care
| Date Posted: |
Title &
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| 03/29/07
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Submitted by: Rev. Kevin
Walrath
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| 03/29/07
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Submitted by: Rev. Mark
Koehler
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| 03/29/07
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Submitted by: Rev. David
Milette
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| 4/17/07 |
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Submitted by: Rev. Mark Hartburg |
| 4/17/07 |
Dying Wishes:
In a Canadian Press release (K-W Record, 28 February) a new survey
of terminally ill patients in five Canadian hospitals was reported
which could be helpful to know in providing pastoral care. After
"trust and confidence" in doctors, and not being kept on life
support when there is little hope of recovery, top priorities for
the dying are:
a) That doctors communicate information the patient's condition
honestly; b) To have time to put one's affairs in order; resolve
conflicts and say goodbye to family and friends.
As a pastor, I often has to work with family members who thought it
most therepeutic to avoid talking about death for fear their loved
one would "give up the fight." However, avoiding honest talk can
seriously impede pastoral care. Of course, the issue of "putting
affairs in order" and resolving conflict are of huge spiritual
importance; issues for which the forgiveness of sins in Christ is
the only true antidote.
Also of note in the reprot is that "dying at home" was ranked 24 our
of 28 issues by the terminally ill. Family members are often
burdened with guilt and/or burned-out on this one. Not that it is
wrong to provide palliative care at home, but one must not assume
the expectation comes from the dying one.
Submitted by: Rev. Mark Hartburg |
| Quotables |
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| 03/29/07 |
On New (and Continuing
Pastorates):
"There is an old line suggesting that a pastor's two tasks
when entering a parish are to be an historian and a lover. He is
to love the people in a pastoral way and learn about them, the
parish and the community. To use a J.H.C. Fritz (Pastoral
Theology) term, the pastor needs to learn how to 'read the book
of the flock.' To come in and start making significant changes
and decisions without learning about the community is
ill-advised and likely to be destructive to the pastor, the
parish, and the ministry therein. A healthier response is to
take the position of the learner."
(by Dr. Bruce Hartung, Pressure Points, November 2005) |
| 03/29/07 |
"Know your Bibles, love
your people, speak their language, be humble." (Alfred Rehwinkel
to church-work students at Concordia-Edmonton, quoted at the
2006 LCC Convention by Essayist Dr. Sam Nafziger)
Submitted by: Rev. Mark
Hartburg |
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