Soul Care: Caregiving in the Church

active listening alongside attention Augsburger become Bible caregivers enter caregivers help caring Central idea chapter The aim Christian church community Clinically depressed congregation Corinthians counsel counselor create danger DEACON DEACON DEACON deacon model death depression develop Discuss divorced person Downers Grove emotional empathy encourage Ephesians Esau extended family faith FAMILIES 10-12 FAMILIES Fortress give God's grieving group model guilt healing help persons high-need highlight Holy Spirit household human inner Inter-Varsity Inter-Varsity Press issues Jerusalem Jesus lay caregivers lives manual married matters means Mennonite Brethren Mennonite Brethren church mental illness Ministering to singles model of caregiving ness Nondefensive genuineness Nonpossessive warmth nurture pain passive listening pastoral Philadelphia pray prayer problem put in place reasons referred relationship Scripture sense serious illness sexuality single parent single-parent skills small group someone sometimes soul speak spiritual disciplines surviving spouse survivors of suicide things trauma volunteer word worship