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THERE IS NO PASSION TO BE FOUND IN PLAYING SMALL – IN SETTLING FOR A LIFE THAT IS LESS THAN THE ONE YOU ARE CAPABLE OF LIVING. –NELSON MANDELA
“Our prayers usually reflect the individual nature of our relationship with God. Therefore, when praying with patients (or family members or staff people), I ask them what they would like me to pray for and offer them the opportunity to offer a prayer in their own words. I pray with them, allowing my own theology to”
― Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
― Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
“while being open to their theology, I was silently praying to “my” God, that I would have the wisdom and the patience and the openness to serve them as they needed to be served. So, I had my own theology going in my heart, while I was also using professional chaplaincy skills such as reflective listening to allow them to affirm their theology with honesty and integrity.”
― Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
― Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
“when I first started working as a chaplain was the number of patients who felt like our entire conversation had been a prayer.”
― Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
― Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
“that God had been listening to our conversation, so additional prayer was unnecessary. And that was a powerful lesson to learn; praying really is conversing.”
― Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
― Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
“Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs, MDiv, DMin, BCC, is the author of A Clergy Guide to End-of-Life Issues. She provides workshops throughout the country for clergy and congregations on end-of-life issues. Martha is an adjunct professor at New York Theological Seminary, where she is the coordinator for the Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Care and a per diem chaplain at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia Campus. She is the founding managing editor of PlainViews”
― Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
― Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care: A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook
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