My family and I live in the Philippines. We are involve in disaster response... especially pertaining to crisis defusing and crisis debriefing. This year, our team, and two partnering groups (CPSP-Philippines, and PBTS) have been doing numerous trips to Leyte, Panay, and Cebu Islands for disaster response care. It is an honor to be able …
Category: Chaplaincy/CPE
A Healthy Mind, and the God Who Is
Although I do missions work, and teach missions in seminary, my primary day-to-day job is as an administrator of a pastoral care and counseling center in the Philippines. As such, I read more books on counseling and pastoral care than most in missions. A recent one I have been reading is "Theology & Pastoral Counseling: …
Wholistic Mentoring. Not Just Holy, But Whole.
In a few weeks, I will be teaching a two-week module (at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary) on Missionary Member Care. It will be from April 29 to May 10 (2013). It is a topic I enjoy. The focus of the Member Care will be on the psychological, emotional, spiritual, and relational stresses associated with the …
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Engineering Design as it Applies to Missions (???)
I learned a rule as a Mechanical Design Engineer. Back then I mostly worked on military projects (particularly submarine radar systems). However, occasionally I would work on commercial projects... particularly integrated bridge systems for commercial shipping. Each has very different philosophies. I worked at a company which operated with both philosophies, but it was difficult. …
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Pastoral Care and the Missionary
I am scheduled to teach a two-week course at Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary (www.pbts.net.ph) this April as part of its Summer Institute. Basically, it is an 8-week course shoved into two weeks. I am not sure that "Pastoral Care and the Missionary" is the name the course will finally settle on, but I like it. …
Article on the Bible and Crisis Care
Article that was originally published in "Bukal Life Care Journal" (2012 edition). Go down to the post listed at the bottom of this post if you wish to download the entire e-journal. Elijah in Dialogue with Crisis Care" target="_blank">Divine Intervention: The Flight of Elijah in Dialogue with Crisis Care from Bob Munson Related articles …
Spiritual Abuse Presentation (3rd in Series)
<div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3/spiritual-abuse-3-religious-addiction" title="Spiritual Abuse 3: Religious Addiction" target="_blank">Spiritual Abuse 3: Religious Addiction</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3" target="_blank">Bob Munson</a></strong> </div>
Article on Elijah and Crisis Care
Wrote an article, "Divine Intervention: The Flight of Elijah in the Context of Crisis Care." If you want to read it, it is in the magazine that can be downloaded (pdf) at the link below. I think it is a pretty decent article on the topic (although even after about 5 or 6 cycles of …
Spiritual Abuse Presentation#2
This is part 2 of a series on spiritual abuse. This presentation continues the thoughts of the first presentation, but focus is placed more on spiritual leaders who are (generally without realizing it) abusive. Here is the Slideshare presentation. It is also available in the PRESENTATIONS section of this website. <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bmunson3/spiritual-abuse-2" …
Love Your Friends
Christians like to express the concept "Love your enemies." This is drawn from Jesus call in Matthew 5 (in the Sermon on the Mount) that states that the traditional interpretation of Leviticus "Love your neighbors, and hate your enemies" was wrong. One must also love one's enemies. This is somewhat in conflict with the charge …