If your prayer list has more than a few names on it, chances are that you are lifting up someone who suffers from depression. And if you do not know depression first hand, you may wonder how to pray with and for someone who does. It is easy to think, “Well, I will just pray…
Category: Counseling
Clergy Self-care During a Pandemic
A couple of weeks ago, I e-mailed my pastor to ask how he was doing. He wrote back, “I’m good – just trying to figure out the most effective way to ‘be church’ in the midst of this time.” My pastor’s words capture well what I’ve heard from so many clergy colleagues over the last…
Inside the PTS Curriculum: Introduction to Caring Ministries
The “Inside the PTS Curriculum” series gives you an inside look at what students are learning in their courses at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Each article focuses on one class, its subject matter, what students can expect to learn, the required texts, and the kinds of assignments students can expect. We’ll let you know whether the…