Ministry impairment seems to be increasingly problematic for the Church today. While the minister's personality or character are typically the focus of media attention, impairment is also influenced by organizational dynamics such as the recruitment and promotion policies of the religious organization as well as its culture and structure. "Ministry and Community" highlights the interplay of personality dynamics and organizational dynamics for eight of the most common forms of ministry impairment and shows how they can be recognized, treated, and prevented.
In "Ministry and Community" Len...
Ministry impairment seems to be increasingly problematic for the Church today. While the minister's personality or character are typically the focu...
Transforming Self and Community describes a holistic and integrative approach for spirituality, spiritual direction, and pastoral counseling that emphasizes the process of transformation and incorporates recent theoretical and research developments. Unlike most current approaches to pastoral counseling and spiritual direction that focus only on the psychological and/or spiritual perspective, the integrative approach provides a psychological, spiritual, and moral perspective for understanding and assisting individuals with their unique, spiritual journey of development.
Transforming Self and Community describes a holistic and integrative approach for spirituality, spiritual direction, and pastoral counseling that emph...
"The Inner Life of Priests" is a landmark exploration of how the categories and practices of psychology are contributing to a new health and vitality in the priesthood. Authors McGlone and Sperry (both nationally-recognized experts on the integration of psychology and spirituality in priestly life), investigate issues and answer questions that concern those invested in the healthy ministry of priests everyone from the people in the pews to those in Church leadership. They include: How has psychology helped us understand both mental and spiritual health of those applying to Catholic...
"The Inner Life of Priests" is a landmark exploration of how the categories and practices of psychology are contributing to a new health and vitali...
