http://essays.wls.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/7354 2026-04-04T14:59:49Z 2026-04-04T14:59:49Z Schuetze, John D. http://essays.wls.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/7357 2023-11-28T21:52:27Z 2021-09-21T00:00:00Z

[A Reaction to] Emotional Wellness: Holistic Care for God’s Workmanship Schuetze, John D. This is John D. Schuetze's reaction to Benjamin S. Kohls's "Emotional Wellness: Holistic Care for God's Workmanship" for 2021 Symposium on Pastoral Wellness.

2021-09-21T00:00:00Z Bivens, David F. http://essays.wls.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/7356 2023-11-28T21:40:16Z 2021-09-20T00:00:00Z

A Reaction to Rev. Jon Scharf’s I Believe that I am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: The Pastor Cares for his Body Bivens, David F. This is David F. Bivens's reaction to Jonathan E. Scharf's "I Believe that I am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: The Pastor Cares for His Body" for 2021 Symposium on Pastoral Wellness.

2021-09-20T00:00:00Z Geiger, Stephen H. http://essays.wls.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/7355 2025-03-11T19:37:37Z 2021-09-20T00:00:00Z

[A] Reaction to Mark Paustian’s Essay: I Am Convinced Geiger, Stephen H. This is Stephen H. Geiger's reaction to Mark A. Paustian's "I Am Convinced: A Devotional Appropriation of Romans 8 to the Life of the Pastor" for 2021 Symposium on Pastoral Wellness.

2021-09-20T00:00:00Z Kohls, Benjamin S. http://essays.wls.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/6671 2023-11-28T20:02:48Z 2021-09-21T00:00:00Z

Emotional Wellness: Holistic Care for God's Workmanship Kohls, Benjamin S. Depression and anxiety, dysfunction and despair, fatigue and burnout are no stranger in our congregations. Sadly, they are also no stranger in our ministerium. This essay will explore the emotional wellbeing of the pastor. It will also tie together the previous two topics noting that our spiritual life has a direct bearing upon our emotional wellbeing and our physical ailments can often spill over into sadness or doubts in the soul. Such realizations help to lead us to the recognition that we, as God’s workmanship, are a profoundly complex creation.; The focus of the symposium and this essay are to be deliberately practical and intentionally personal. In my efforts to meet both of these goals, I employed three specific methods. First, a biblical understanding of who we are and whose we are is foundational and fundamental to any discussion on health and wellness. I have sought to build on these truths as they are both practical and personal for us. Second, as a clinical mental health counselor, I have drawn on the literature in my field to offer a practical understanding of holistic wellness and share evidence-based models for cultivating well-being and resilience when providing care to suffering people. Third, as a researcher and counselor educator, I listened to the voices of those serving God’s people to make this an intentionally personal process. Five parish pastors participated in a focus group experience. This involved each participant individually completing the Professional Quality of Life Scale and engaging in a 90 minute semi-structured group interview, where they were invited to reflect on, share, and discuss their experiences of emotional ailment and wellness as a parish pastor. The intention is to weave each of these, a biblical foundation, evidence-based models, and voices from the field, into a meaningful understanding and practice of wellness.

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