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Session Description
All pastors preach and counsel during seasons of grief. Such grief may be personal, congregational, national, or global. Grief has many causes, locations, and contours. It may vary by object and intensity. This presentation will explore multiple facets of grief with an eye toward helping participant preachers guide people through diffi cult seasons of life. The presentation will ponder such topics as the nature and causes of grief, healthy and unhealthy forms of grief, biblical approaches to grief, and intelligent addresses to grief in worship and preaching.
Conference Title
2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
1-31-2020
Event Type
Lecture/Plenary
Type (recording/text)
Recording
Subject Area
Homiletics
Topic
Pastoral Care
Keywords:
Grief, Pastoral Care, Seasons of Life
Recommended Citation
Hoezee, Scott and Plantinga, Cornelius Jr., "The Bowed Head: How Preachers Deal with Grief" (2020). Symposium on Worship Archive. 25.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2020/allitems/25
The Bowed Head: How Preachers Deal with Grief
All pastors preach and counsel during seasons of grief. Such grief may be personal, congregational, national, or global. Grief has many causes, locations, and contours. It may vary by object and intensity. This presentation will explore multiple facets of grief with an eye toward helping participant preachers guide people through diffi cult seasons of life. The presentation will ponder such topics as the nature and causes of grief, healthy and unhealthy forms of grief, biblical approaches to grief, and intelligent addresses to grief in worship and preaching.