Trekking Toward Wholeness: A Resource for Care Group Leaders

by Greggo, Stephen P.

• ISBN13: 9780830828241
• ISBN10: 0830828249
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: Intervarsity Pr

Summary

Trekking Toward Wholeness offers an in-depth exploration of care group leadership from a Christian perspective. Christian care groups are worth pursuing because they can create a biblically grounded context for corrective healing relationships. This interpersonal process can be instrumental in reshaping character, redeeming relationships and realizing sanctification. Care group leaders engaged in pastoral care, counseling services or spiritual formation will find this book to be invaluable. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Stephen P. Greggo (Psy.D.) is department chair and associate professor of pastoral counseling and psychology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is a licensed psychologist and has a variety of ministry and counseling experiences. He regularly leads workshops and gives presentations at CAPS, AACC and ETS

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 11
Trekking Together	p. 13
Trekking About	p. 13
The Trekking Trend	p. 16
A Topography of Groups	p. 20
Site Visit	p. 26
Wanted: Experienced Guides	p. 28
Trek Preparations
Trekking Fundamentals	p. 37
A Pocket Guide	p. 37
Grounded in the Garden	p. 38
Walking	p. 43
Wandering	p. 45
Wisdom	p. 49
Reach and Remember	p. 52
Every Trekker Tells a Story	p. 55
Hooked	p. 55
Wesley's Gift from a Christmas Past	p. 59
Relational Communication within Stories	p. 65
Priorities with a Pious Heritage	p. 71
A Customized Purpose	p. 71
A Legacy of Encounter	p. 73
A Lesson from Religious History	p. 80
A Charge to Seasoned Guides	p. 86
Leading Toward Vision and Structure
Determining Destination	p. 93
Rendezvous at Points of Need	p. 93
The Reluctant Rescuer: A Helping Parable	p. 97
Spiritual Discernment of Destination	p. 101
Character Matters and Reshaping the Image	p. 104
Packing Essentials	p. 107
A Trekking Paradox	p. 107
Expect the Unexpected	p. 112
The Word in Community	p. 115
Clarifying Trek Expectations	p. 119
Expanding Support and Establishing Pace	p. 121
The Word Appears	p. 128
Leading Toward Care
Alliances for the Journey	p. 133
Alliance Ruptures	p. 133
Alliance Repair by Design	p. 136
Alliance as Love in Action	p. 143
The Wonder of Caring Alliances	p. 154
A Last Word	p. 157
Hospitality on Trek	p. 159
Advancing Care	p. 159
Surfing True	p. 160
Spiritual Conditioning for Hospitality	p. 163
Hospitality vs. Hostility	p. 167
Hospitality for Healing	p. 171
Leaders as Authentic Chameleons	p. 176
A Change of Heart	p. 180
Leading Toward Affect and Attachment
Entertaining Trekkers Unaware	p. 183
Cautious Connectivity	p. 183
A Quiet Miracle	p. 191
Word Pictures for Life	p. 195
Quiet Miracles on the Trail to Wholeness	p. 202
Course Corrections	p. 209
Thrills and Wills	p. 209
Change Course to Mature in Christ	p. 223
Bad Break; Better You	p. 228
Leading Toward Meaning
Meaning in the Breakthrough	p. 237
From Crisis to Community	p. 237
Tribute and Allegiance	p. 242
When Motivational Trails Merge	p. 250
Spiritual Journeys for a Season	p. 256
Trekking in the Gaps	p. 263
Guiding Premises	p. 263
Bridges over Troubling Gaps	p. 266
Overcoming Obstacles, Realizing Vision	p. 282
Recommended Reading	p. 287
Name Index	p. 290
Scriptue Index	p. 292
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