Caring Ministry a Contemplative Approach to Pastoral Care

Abstract

I want to express my deep appreciation to the community who helped give birth to this text. Canon David Morgan, Margaret Johnson, and Diane Smith, who have assisted me in teaching the Caring Ministry program also provided valuable input and sugges tions. Diane Smith collaborated with me on "Understanding Loss, Grief, and Death." None of this could have come about without the computer wizardry of Robert Francisco, who spent countless hours interpreting my handwriting. My thanks go to the staff of St. John's Episcopal Cathedral and especially to the Very Reverend Charles E. Kiblinger for making writing time possible. And finally I want to thank all the caring ministers at St. John's for receiving this material and claiming their own gifts of ministry