Well, this is our third week in the series on Pastoral Care, Counselling and Psychology.  It was so great that we split it into two halves!

Steve and I headed out to visit the lovely Helen Blake, a counselor who teaches at St. Mark’s National Theological Centre in Canberra.  I’ve had [...]

As part 2 of our series of Pastoral Care, Counselling and Psychology we had a fantastic interview with Jenny Brown of the Family Systems Institute.  Not only did we discover that Jenny has great taste in coffee (she drinks Campos!) but we discovered that Family Systems Theory [...]

As an appendix to the latest Pilgrim’s Podcast on Pastoral Care, Jan Corbett-Jones has very kindly provided some resources which are fantastic (just right-click the links and “Save As..”):

1) Six Functions of Pastoral Care. This short document details the background of the 6 different functions which Jan mentions [...]

This week the Pilgrim’s Podcast began it’s first ever series: Christianity, Pastoral Care, Counselling and a touch of Psychology! This promises to be an exciting series where we delve a little into how to care for people.

This week we had the privilege of interviewing Rev. Allen Cook and Mrs. Jan Corbett-Jones.  Allen worked in parish [...]

Well, Steve and I are really excited about what’s coming up on the Pilgrim’s Podcast.  Starting this Sunday, we’re doing a short series on Pastoral Care, Counselling and Psychology.  Basically, the lineup will look something like:

Christianity and Pastoral Care: With Allen Cook (ex-Chaplain Westmead Hospital, currently Anglican Retirement Villages) and Jan Corbett-Jones (Anglicare).
Family Systems, Church [...]