Lay Pastoral Care Giving (Learning and Leading Learning and Leading)

A distinguished historian, academic and occasional evangelist I know was hushed by his stunned wife after he said to a friend he was visiting in the hospital, "I hope you don't die." A sentiment appreciated but oh-so-awkward. Expressing care to someone in need - whether within the community of faith or beyond - may seem the most natural thing in the world. For some, it is; for others, More »