Just Being There: The Power of Pastoral Presence

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Duration: 3 min 30 s
Description: Pastoral care emphasizes “being” rather than “doing.” Yet it is difficult for many chaplains to believe that a ministry of presence is efficacious. The author recounts a pastoral encounter with an eccentric woman and how he learns, over a year later, the importance of his ministry to her.
Larry J. Austin
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