Table of Contents

Contents:

1. The Humble Pastor – Imagining Pastoral Care

Part 1 Life in all its Fullness: The Call to be Human

2. Being Human – Life, Love and Longings
3. Faithful Change – Growth, Transition and Maturity
4. All Desires Known – Sexuality and the Call of Love
5. The Fragility of Life – Attachment, Trauma and Loss
6. Growing Together – Religion, Relationships and Ritual

Part 2 For Their Sakes: The Call to Care

7. Tend my Flock – The Story of Pastoral Care
8. The Art of Pastoral Conversation – Listening, Love and Language
9. Boundaries and Power – The Limits of Pastoral Care
10. Serpents and Doves – Integrity and Good Practice in Pastoral Care
11. Messy Moments – Unsought, Untamed, Unimaginable Encounters

Epilogue

12. The Paradoxical Pastor

About the Author

Margaret Whipp is Chaplain of the Oxford University Hospitals Trust and former Lecturer in Pastoral Studies and Dean of Studies at Ripon College Cuddesdon.