{"product_id":"cultivating-wholeness-a-guide-to-care-and-counseling-in-faith-communities-9780826412324","title":"Cultivating Wholeness A Guide to Care and Counseling in Faith Communities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesigned for religious or lay people involved in counselling, this text provides a practical, comprehensive and contemporary guide to community care and counselling in religious contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tour de force.... Kornfeld's treatment of listening, women's needs, clergy confidentiality, unemployment, fee-taking, and the health and spirituality of the 'counselor in community' is brilliant.\"--Christian Century\u003cbr\u003e\"A state-of-the-art guide for all who minister today!\"--Catholic Library World\u003cbr\u003e\"A wise, humane, and practical book about healing in religious communities.\"--Values and Visions\u003cbr\u003e\"Kornfeld has put a well-honed tool into the hands of seminarians, deacons, and any minister hoping to develop the gifts of lay leaders. This book is no garden plot but acres of information.\"--Pastoral Life\u003cbr\u003e\"A book you will pull off the shelf many times for additional reference.... With many self-help books full of 'new age' methodologies on the market, this book provides a sound antidote.\"--The Princeton Seminary Bulletin\u003cbr\u003e\"Margaret Kornfeld's excellent, encyclopedic book, Cultivating Wholeness, addresses the very real need for expert, accessible, and wise guidance. Kornfeld...provides both a broad and thorough discussion of key issues that leaders of faith communities and lay caregivers regularly face. Not only does she analyze pragmatic matters—such as clergy confidentiality, unemployment, and fee-taking—but she also sensitively attends to the spiritual well-being of the \"counselor in community.\" A wide range of readers, lay and ordained, will welcome Kornfeld's clear and thoughtful presentation. In a pastor's study filled with care and counseling books, this is the best guide of its kind I know. Keep it handy on your shelf. —Congregations, Fall 2005 -- Congregations","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768197906775,"sku":"9780826412324","price":35.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780826412324.jpg?v=1758716811","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cultivating-wholeness-a-guide-to-care-and-counseling-in-faith-communities-9780826412324","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}