Books
I have written two books both addressing pastoral leadership. Please
follow the links to pages dedicated to:
Becoming a Pastor: Forming self and Soul for
ministry. The Pilgrim Press (Cleveland, 2007).
When
Steeples Cry: Church leadership in times of change. The Pilgrim Press
(Cleveland,
2005).
Other Publications
"Playing" in, Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology, Blackwell Wiley , Forthcoming.
"Self-care and community" in, Welcome to Theological Education, Alban Press, Forthcoming.
"Women in ministry and the psychodynamics of sadness”, Pastoral Psychology, Forthcoming.
“Don’t and can’t
get up: Serious depression: in, The church leader’s
resource book for mental health and social problems (working
title). Oxford University Press. Forthcoming.
“Seeing things differently and not being looked at”, Pastoral Psychology, July, 2009.
Review of: Transforming spirituality: Integrating theology and psychology by F. LeRon Shults and Steven J. Sandage. Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, 2006. In, Interpretation, (January 2008).
Review of: Fragile connections: Memoirs of mental illness for pastoral care professionals by Donald Capps, St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2005. In, The Journal of Pastoral Theology (Volume 16. No. 2. Fall, 2006).
“Reclaiming caritas in a hyper-masculine world.”A response to Dr. Rivera-Pagán’s“Doing Pastoral Theology in a Post-Colonial Context: Some Reflections from the Caribbean.”In, The Journal of Pastoral Theology. (Vol. 16. No. 1. Spring, 2006).
Review of: Lament: Reclaiming practices in pulpit, pew, and public square bySally A. Brown and Patrick D. Miller, Editors. Westminster John Knox: Louisville, 2005. In, Interpretation, (June 2006).
“Remembering the dismembered: Teaching for transformation and restoration,”In, The Journal of Pastoral Theology (Volume 16, No. 1, Spring 2006).
“Being a chaplain: Call, conversation, and charity,”In, The Reformed Review (Spring Issue, 2004, Volume 57, Number 3).
“The church is a house in mourning,”In, The Reformed Review (Autumn Issue, 2002, Volume 56, Number 1).
"Paranoia," In, Dictionary of Pastoral Studies (SPCK Press, London, 2002).
“The search to be real. Why psychotherapists become psychotherapists,”In, Journal of Religion and Health (Fall 2001, Volume 40, Number 3).
“The rod of discipline. Masochism, sadism, and the Judeo-Christian religion,”In, Journal of Religion and Health (Winter 2000, Volume 39, Number 4).
"Developing a capacity for concern: The Million Man March as Transitional Object," In, Koinonia (Vol. XII.1, 2000).
"Towards a postmodern methodology for pastoral counseling," In, Koinonia (Vol. XI.1, 1999).
Translated (Dutch into English) the section on practical theology in Abraham Kuyper's Encyclopaedie der Godgeleerdheid (Kampen: J.H. Kok Publishers, 1909, 2nd printing), Unpublished document. Practical Theology Department, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, 1998.
"Religious metaphors and symbols in a psychiatric setting," with Daniël
Louw. In, Nederduits Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif (December 1997).
Book note of Leroy T. Howe's The image of God: A theology for pastoral care and counseling, In, Theology Today 53:4 (1997).
Review of John W. De Gruchy and Charles Villa-Vicencio's Doing theology in context: South African perspectives, In, Koinonia VII.2 (Fall 1995).
Lectures and workshops
A primary aspect of my calling is to be involved with the local church
and in the life of my denomination, the Reformed Church in America.
I believe the effectiveness of my teaching will not be stronger than
the relationship I have with the church as the Body of Christ. I regularly
lecture and offer workshops on: Teaching for transformation; living
creatively, family dynamics; loss and grief; the formation of one's
self and soul; on
being called; mentoring; and, aspects of pastoral psychotherapy.