Barak Obama Case Study
The reading & Voice thread lecture was great. The case example of the young community organizer, Barak Obama, The Pastoral care, and pastoral theology is a connection to give healing and good news to those who are needed. For Pastoral care first, the person has a concern for others, element of courage based on trust in God, tenderness, skill in leadership are essential and what models of ministry we are offering. The example of good Samaritan and Jesus’s healing to the people are the root of Pastoral care. The parable of Good Samaritan is teaching us that some time in Pastoral care, did like the priest who neglected the wounded person “A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.”
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Another concept is vital in Barak Obama, is Racism. How badly people were treated especially when a white man loudly told bartender that he should not have to drink good liquor next to a nigger. I believe this kind of thinking is still here but now its difficult to announce loudly. I am surprised how peacefully & nicely his father delta this situation. He simply walked over to the man, smiled, and told him about the folly of bigotry, the promise of the American dream, and the universal rights of the man. Instead of fight or anger he talked politely which is a good example of family learning. There are some more incidents of racism and ultimately at the ends the reaction was also there when the children were chanting loudly. “Niger lover! Dirty yankee! Niger lover”. The family system young Community Organizer, Barak Obama is based on the roles with the family. Apart from everything the pastoral theology based on empathy for the human/famliy and the ministry needs to be done within the families with all their joys and sorrows. It should be like a ministry of love on the face of trauma. The beautiful thing about the shepherding image is that it instructs us on the nature of pastoral leadership with deep sensitive insight. One of the big challenges for any shepherd is to provide nourishment (water, food, rest) for their flocks in harsh environments, environments that often-withheld essential elements for life and flourishing. A good shepherd knows where to find pastures that are not only lush but safe enough for his flocks to rest in
Another concept is vital in Barak Obama, is Racism. How badly people were treated especially when a white man loudly told bartender that he should not have to drink good liquor next to a nigger. I believe this kind of thinking is still here but now its difficult to announce loudly. I am surprised how peacefully & nicely his father delta this situation. He simply walked over to the man, smiled, and told him about the folly of bigotry, the promise of the American dream, and the universal rights of the man. Instead of fight or anger he talked politely which is a good example of family learning. There are some more incidents of racism and ultimately at the ends the reaction was also there when the children were chanting loudly. “Niger lover! Dirty yankee! Niger lover”. The family system young Community Organizer, Barak Obama is based on the roles with the family. Apart from everything the pastoral theology based on empathy for the human/famliy and the ministry needs to be done within the families with all their joys and sorrows. It should be like a ministry of love on the face of trauma. The beautiful thing about the shepherding image is that it instructs us on the nature of pastoral leadership with deep sensitive insight. One of the big challenges for any shepherd is to provide nourishment (water, food, rest) for their flocks in harsh environments, environments that often-withheld essential elements for life and flourishing. A good shepherd knows where to find pastures that are not only lush but safe enough for his flocks to rest in