Archive for August, 2010
my Mentor, my Guide
The travels and travails of Dreamseeker had led him to a vast and immense forest thick with undergrowth trees blocking out the sun Dreamseeker stood at the edge of this forest fear gripping his stomach palms sweaty, breath shortening, gasping mouth drying and bowels clenching The forest beckoned its blackness beguiling intriguing Dreamseeker seducing him [...]
A Theology of Pastoral Care: The Quadrinity
I am working through the process of extending the conceptualization of the “Trinity.” For me, the view of God as “three-in-one” is problematic. From a counseling perspective, the “triangle” is a metaphor for maladaptive behavior characteristic – indicating transactional imbalance – of a dysfunctional system. Theologically, this metaphor arguably limits a view of the divine [...]