Caring Connections Archive

CARING CONNECTIONS ARCHIVE

Caring Connections is an inter-Lutheran online journal for practitioners and teachers of pastoral care and counseling. This journal is of particular interest to chaplains, pastoral counselors, seminary and academic faculty, clinical educators, synod and district leaders, and concerned pastors. Subscribe to our newsletter.

ISSUES

2024

Caring Connections – Vol 21 Issue 2:

Our Lutheran Identity in a Changing World

Caring Connections – Vol 21 Issue 3:

Mentor and Mentee: Sources of Influence and Growth

2023

Caring Connections – Vol 20 Issue 2:

Navigating Changing Gender Norms

Caring Connections – Vol 20 Issue 3:

Books That Have Made a Difference

Caring Connections – Vol 20 Issue 4:

20 Years of Creating Caring Connections

2022

Caring Connections – Vol 19 Issue 1:

Technology as Opportunity and Challenge in Pandemic Times and Beyond

Caring Connections – Vol 19 Issue 2:

Sacred Sorrow, Healing Rites

Caring Connections – Vol 19 Issue 3:

Fed on the Journey: Diverse Ways We Gain Nourishment

Caring Connections – Vol 19 Issue 4:

Ethical Pathways, Moral Dilemmas

2021

Caring Connections – Vol 18 Issue 1:

Specialized Ministries and Their Relationship to the Institutional Church and its Structure

Caring Connections – Vol 18 Issue 2:

Partnering for Spiritual Care

Caring Connections – Vol 18 Issue 3:

Pastoral Care and Healing Arts

Caring Connections – Vol 18 Issue 4:

Daily Bread for the Journey

2020

Caring Connections – Vol 17 Issue 1:

Ministering to a Diverse and Polarized Culture

Caring Connections – Vol 17 Issue 2:

Sacraments and Ritual in Chaplaincy

Caring Connections – Vol 17 Issue 3:

Reflections About Racial Justice

Caring Connections – Vol 17 Issue 4:

Banes and Blessings of COVID-19

2019

Caring Connections – Vol 16 Issue 2:

Discovering Evidence-Based Chaplaincy

Caring Connections – Vol 16 Issue 3:

The Future of Faith-based Healthcare

Caring Connections – Vol 16 Issue 4:

Yearnings for Holy Justice

2018

Caring Connections – Vol 15 Issue 1:

Ministry in Times of Disaster

Caring Connections – Vol 15 Issue 3:

The Opioid Epidemic and Addictions

2017

Caring Connections – Vol 14 Issue 1:

Zion XVI–Lutheran Accents in Specialized Pastoral Ministry

Caring Connections – Vol 14 Issue 2:

Migration—Ministry—Mutuality

Caring Connections – Vol 14 Issue 3:

A Ministry of Accompaniment with the Dying

Caring Connections – Vol 14 Issue 4:

Pediatric Care and Consolation

2016

Caring Connections – Vol 13 Issue 1:

A Brief History of Lutheran Ministries in Chaplaincy, Pastoral Counseling and Clinical Education – Part 2

Caring Connections – Vol 13 Issue 2:

Back to the Future: Chaplaincy, Pastoral Counseling and Clinical Education

Caring Connections – Vol 13 Issue 3:

Ministries of Management and Leadership

2015

Caring Connections – Vol 12 Issue 1:

Christus in Mundo Awardees

Caring Connections – Vol 12 Issue 2:

A Brief History of Lutherans in Ministries of Chaplaincy, Pastoral Counseling and Clinical Education – Part 1

2014

Caring Connections – Vol 11 Issue 1:

Zion XV – Conversation in Community

Caring Connections – Vol 11 Issue 3:

Ministry with People in the Second Half of Life – Part One

Caring Connections – Vol 11 Issue 4:

Ministry with People in the Second Half of Life – Part Two

2013

Caring Connections – Vol 10 Issue 1:

Light in the Darkness: Hope, Resilience and Moral Injury

Caring Connections – Vol 10 Issue 2:

Violating Boundaries: Improprieties in Ministry

Caring Connections – Vol 10 Issue 3:

Torn Apart: Pastoral Care Responses to Community Violence

Caring Connections – Vol 10 Issue 4:

Pastoral Involvement with Violence within Families

2012

Caring Connections – Vol 9 Issue 1:

Pastoral Care and Criminal Justice

Caring Connections – Vol 9 Issue 2:

Pastoral Care and Suicide

2011

Caring Connections – Vol 8 Issue 1:

Zion XIV: Firm Foundations

Caring Connections – Vol 8 Issue 2:

Pastoral Care and Intentional Interim Ministries

Caring Connections – Vol 8 Issue 3:

Dealing with Sacred Spaces in an Increasingly Diverse Culture

2010

Caring Connections – Vol 7 Issue 1:

Lutheran Endorsement Process for Specialized Ministries

Caring Connections – Vol 7 Issue 2:

Pastoral Care and Dementia

Caring Connections – Vol 7 Issue 3:

Pastoral Care and Parish Nursing

Caring Connections – Vol 7 Issue 4:

Pastoral Care and Addictions

2009

Caring Connections – Vol 6 Issue 1:

Serving the Suffering; Serving the Servant

Caring Connections – Vol 6 Issue 2:

Disaster Response and Pastoral Care

Caring Connections – Vol 6 Issue 3:

Forgiveness and Pastoral Care

2008

Caring Connections – Vol 5 Issue 1:

Spiritual Care and Pandemic Flu

Caring Connections – Vol 5 Issue 2:

Topics in Clinical Pastoral Education

Caring Connections – Vol 5 Issue 3:

Spiritual Care in Long-Term Care and Rehabilitation

2007

Caring Connections – Vol 4 Issue 1:

Power and Passion for Pastoral Ministry: Biblical Metaphors and Lutheran Traditions – Zion XIII

Caring Connections – Vol 4 Issue 2:

Topics on Pastoral Counseling

Caring Connections – Vol 4 Issue 3:

Pastoral Care among Returning Veterans

2006

Caring Connections – Vol 4 Issue 3:

Sabbath and Self-Care for Pastoral Care Providers

2005

Caring Connections – Vol 2 Issue 1:

Spiritual Care of the Organization

Caring Connections – Vol 2 Issue 2:

Spiritual Care in a Diverse World

2004