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White Privilege in a World Where Black Lives Matter

Posted on July 8, 2016January 22, 2021 by ptsblog

I don’t know what it’s like to be a Black person in this country. I don’t know what it’s like to have others see me as suspicious or dangerous simply because of the color of my skin. I don’t know what it’s like to wonder if I will experience discrimination or even overt hatred or…

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Pastoral Care and Counseling to Navigate Social Services

Posted on June 29, 2016January 29, 2021 by ptsblog

As clergy, we find that we are constantly asked to be experts at tasks and we’re unprepared—plumber, roofer, fundraiser, cleaner, social media expert, copier repair person, barista. Tasks we spend years preparing for in seminary revolve around divinity and theology. Tasks many of us hope we are prepared for revolve around care and counseling. Theology…

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Theological Values of Social Work

Posted on June 13, 2016January 29, 2021 by ptsblog

The theological values of social work can be summarized by two of my husband’s phrases, “God loves us no matter what” and “be a hard worker.” God Loves Us No Matter What Scripture tells us: “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come,…

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