Pastoral Care

Dan Vander Plaats on God and Disability

Dan Vander Plaats is director of advancement at Elim Christian Services in Palos Heights, Illinois. Elim’s mission is to help children and adults with disabilities reach their God-given educational and vocational potential.

February 25, 2014 | 4 min read
Joyce Borger on Hymnals as Pastoral Care Resources

Joyce Borger, editor of the hymnal Lift Up Your Hearts and the quarterly magazine Reformed Worship, shares how to use a hymnal as a pastoral care resource.

December 16, 2013 | 5 min read

Kristi Holmberg on Hope for Healing the Earth

Like many young adults, Kristi Holmberg is keenly aware of inheriting an earth damaged by previous generations. However, rather than despair or turn cynical, she began during college to connect with Christians who are working toward a just and sustainable future.

June 10, 2013 | 5 min read
Duane Kelderman on Helping Veterans Heal from Moral Injury

Duane Kelderman preached and presented at the Soul Repair Center’s first congregational consultation on helping veterans heal from moral injury. In this edited conversation from April 2013, he gives the basics for understanding moral injury.

May 15, 2013 | 3 min read
Dealing with Moral Injury

A showcase on the concept of moral injury in war and the responses and tools of religious communities.

April 12, 2013 | 3 min read

The Worshiping Community and Healing from Moral Injury

An abbreviated version of Duane Kelderman’s opening presentation at a Soul Repair Center conference for church leaders held Feb. 8, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas

April 12, 2013 | 10 min read
“Blessed are the Persecuted”—Worshiping in Solidarity with the Suffering Church

Vespers led by members and friends of the International Council of Ethnodoxologists. Presented at the 2013 Calvin Symposium on Worship.

February 19, 2013 | 51 min video

Hospitality as a Central Christian Practice

Hospitality is a way of life, and when we offer hospitality, especially to folks who are usually overlooked or undervalued by the larger society, we make a strong statement about who is valuable and good to be with.

January 10, 2013 | 4 min read