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MFC Reading List (Alum): Competency Two

This page is designed specifically for LIGHT, Alums, and Community Patrons. Current graduate students should access this collection from the Course Reserves and MFC Resources guide.

Competency Two: Pastoral Care and Presence

Can provide pastoral care, recognizing differences between pastoral and therapeutic counseling.
Demonstrates healthy personal boundaries and knowledge of professional ethics.
Has awareness and skills to respond appropriately to sexuality, mental health, end of life, and relationship concerns.
Understands cultural and generational needs in pastoral care.

Web Resources

Making Love Just: Sexual Ethics For Perplexing Times by Marvin M. Ellison
Call Number: MFC2 BT708 .E46 2012
Injustice and the Care of Souls by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook (Editor); Karen B. Montagne (Editor)
Call Number: MFC2 HN31 .I55 2009
Privilege, Power, and Difference by Allan G. Johnson
Call Number: MFC2 HN90.E4 J64 2006
A Time to Build: Creating Sexually Healthy Faith Communities by Rev. Debra W. Haffner
Call Number: MFC2 HQ59 .H344 2012
Soul Repair: Recovering From Moral Injury After War by Rita Nakashima Brock; Gabriella Lettini
Call Number: MFC2 U22 .B734 2012

Spiritual Guidance Across Religions by John R. Mabry (Editor)
Call Number: MFC2 BL624 .M28 2014
How Your Church Family Works by Peter L. Steinke
Call Number: MFC2 BV640 .S785 1993
Counseling Women by Christie C. Neuger
Call Number: MFC2 BV4012.2 .N48 2001
The Safe Congregation Handbook by Pat Hoertdoerfer; Fredric John Muir; Unitarian Universalist Association Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: MFC2 BV4392.5 .S34 2005
Women Out of Order by Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner (Editor); Teresa Snorton (Editor)
Call Number: MFC2 BV4445 .W66 2010
Generation to Generation: Passing Along The Good Life to Your Children by Tom Owen-Towle; Millard Sheets (Illustrator)
Call Number: MFC2 BV4525.2 .O9 1986

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