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Three Servants: Guiding, Healing, Sustaining

On By missionmusingsIn Chaplaincy/CPE, Commentary, Uncategorized2 Comments

Seward Hiltner was a leading, some would say THE leading, Pastoral Theologian of the 20th Century, serving as a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. He saw the pastoral function as best understood with the metaphor of the shepherd. A few weeks ago, Ptr. II Samuel spoke on this metaphor of the shepherd. Within the pastoral …

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More Pastors, Less Preachers

On By missionmusingsIn Chaplaincy/CPE, Missions as VocationLeave a comment

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 …

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