Pastoral Care

Helping People Include People with Disabilities

This workshop provided practical ideas for including persons with disabilities in Sunday School classes, youth groups, and adult small groups, based on the speaker's book of the same title.

January 1, 2006 | 47 min listen
Symposium 2006 - Conversation with Eugene Peterson

This conversation between spiritual friends explored the art of writing, hospitality, and the pastoral life. Presented at the 2006 Calvin Symposium on Worship.

January 1, 2006 | 64 min listen
Hearing God's Voice through Change: The preacher's role

As Jesus told the disciples at the Last Supper, in this world we will have trouble. Here's how preaching can encourage believers to take heart. A feature story exploring how congregations can hear God's voice despite change and trials.

September 30, 2005 | 11 min read

The Promise We Don't Want to Hear - 2 Timothy 3

A service plan addressing the persecution of faith. While some of our brothers and sisters are paying a high price for their faith commitments and their obedience to their Lord, others may never experience it. Based on 2 Timothy 3.

June 1, 2005 | 10 min read
Dying Well - Genesis 25, 49

The sixth service plan in a series entitled "Chapters of Life." The focus of this service is the reality of death--even within the Christian life--and the hope the gospel brings of being able to "die well" and enter eternal glory.

June 1, 2005 | 11 min read


The God of Healing - 2 Kings 5

A service plan beginning with the assumption that our hurts are many, that God possesses both the power and the desire to give us healing, and that the Christian community is the location in which we can seek such healing.

June 1, 2005 | 9 min read