Abstract -- Gilbert -- Ministry of Vulnerability

Oates Journal - Voulme 6, 2003 (ISSN: 1098-1446)

Dr. Richard Gilbert

"Vulnerability can be a terrifying experience for the wounded, and sometimes it comes with little ease for those engaged in ministry. Yet, it is where ministry and healing happen."

Dr. Richard B. Gilbert is the Director of Chaplaincy Services at Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois. He also serves as the Executive Director of the World Pastoral Care Center. Dick Gilbert, a Board Certified Chaplain through the Association of Professional Chaplains, is a regular contributor of resources for the Oates Institute Online Learning Center,author, and frequent contributor of professional journal articles.

— ABSTRACT OF ARTICLE —

Ministry of Vulnerability

Pastoral Care Presence with
Victims of Domestic Violence

by Richard B. Gilbert, D.Min., B.C.C.

Stripped naked and vulnerable, my resources and agendas were discarded faster than I could even sense that they were gone. I was left wide open and shoved aside as part of the problem, and yet, at least momentarily, I also was viewed as a possible solution.

This is a story about pastoral care and domestic violence. It is a story about how pastoral care givers can be truly sensitive to the real dangers that accompany domestic violence.

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