"From the standpoint of faith, genuine caring is grounded in affirming others as persons of sacred worth, loved by God and destined for a future of God's making. The shape of our caring is anticipated in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. Caring means serving God's desire and design for the other, helping the …
Category: Chaplaincy/CPE
More Pastors, Less Preachers
I have been reflecting on the term "pastor" in the last few months. Part of it is because sometimes people here call me pastor (even though it is not a title or role I seek), but also because our group promotes, trains on, and writes about "pastoral care." Not all Christian groups use the term …
Daniel and Proselytizing
One of my jobs is that I am the administrator of a counseling center in the Philippines. My wife is a chaplain and we teach pastoral care/pastoral counseling. We teach that one does not proselytize in counseling. Or at least if one does proselytize... it is done by permission or request from the person... and …
Giving the Devil his due… sort of.
A couple of things have come up here that bring up issues regarding demon possession. One was some discussions on-line that point out that a large percentage of Evangelicals in US do not believe in "mental illnesses" but believe that such phenomena are demon possession or demon oppression or such. The other was a training …
Models of Pastoral Care
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The Devil and the First Church of Job’s Friends
The Philippines gets bombarded with all sorts of theories as to what is “Christian” when it comes to psychology, pastoral care, and counseling. In truth, anybody from the West (or East) with the ability to make words with their mouth eventually comes to the Philippines to share their lack of insight with others. During the …
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Pastoral Care Presentation
I usually put Missions topics on this Blog page. However, since, one of my two biggest roles in missions is heading a pastoral care center, I don't feel bad putting this presentation here. And besides, even if the development of missions and pastoral care historically is different, there are a lot of parallels. Decide for …
Our E-Journal
I decided to link to our ministry's e-journal (2013 journal). I feel pretty good about it... and it includes some of the work we have done with disaster relief in response to Typhoon Yolanda. I was the editor of it... but perhaps I shouldn't admit it. There are probably a lot of errors. I really …
Disaster Response for Religious Crisis Care Providers
<div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3/disaster-response-presentation-new" title="Disaster Response Crisis Care Overview" target="_blank">Disaster Response Crisis Care Overview</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3" target="_blank">Bob Munson</a></strong> </div> Related articles Disaster Response Volunteer Guide (munsonmissions.org) Redeeming Disaster. Or How God Works. (munsonmissions.org) 3 things everyone should know about disaster preparedness (smartsign.com)
Disaster Response Volunteer Guide
Getting lots of hits on my blog about some alleged prophecies here in the Philippines. I suppose I can understand the idle curiosity. Still, I hope that idle curiosity about what is going on in the Philippines can be rechannelled toward righteous action for what is going on in the Philippines and the world. Our …