Background
Bidwell, Duane R. was born on June 22, 1966 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Son of Jack L. and Phyllis A. Bidwell.
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Short Term Spiritual Guidance (Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling) (Creative Pastoral Care & Counseling)
(This book represents a significant departure from most co...)
This book represents a significant departure from most contemporary writing about spiritual direction. While most writers focus on long-term relationships of guidance, specifically envisioning long listening sessions, Bidwell changes focus. Spiritual direction, he insists, typically requires intervention in a specific crisis or situation or question, is not formal, lasts fewer than five sessions, and must be actively and intentionally focused on the person's growth. Bidwell's work shows what spiritual directors can learn from the short-term therapy model, especially about enabling people briefly but effectively to ''learn to listen on their own and with others for God's presence.'' Focusing on how God is already active in the directee's life allows the participants to identify God's action and respond in ways that collaborate with that identified movement of the Spirit. Key Features: A one-volume guide to the practice of spiritual direction Beautifully and simply explains the classic concepts Specific and helpful advice for different situations and for group direction
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0800636589/?tag=2022091-20
By Duane R. Bidwell - Short-Term Spiritual Guidance: A Contemporary Approach to a Classic Discipline, Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008WDJ602/?tag=2022091-20
Duane R. Bidwell
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Bachelor of Science, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, 1988. Master of Divinity, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, 1997. Doctor of Philosophy, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, 2003.
Career
Executive director Tarrant County Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Interfaith Network, Fort Worth, 1991—1994. Director Pastoral Care and Training Center, Texas Christian University Brite Division School, 2002—2007. Assistant professor pastoral theology, care, and counseling, director Presbyterian Formation, Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, since 2007.
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Short Term Spiritual Guidance (Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling) (Creative Pastoral Care & Counseling)
(This book represents a significant departure from most co...)
- By Duane R. Bidwell - Short-Term Spiritual Guidance: A Contemporary Approach to a Classic Discipline, Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling
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Short Term Spiritual Guidance (Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling) (Creative Pastoral Care & Counseling)
Membership
Chair professional advisory group. clinical pastoral education program Harris Methodist Hospital, Fort Worth. Fellow: American Association Pastoral Counselors (board directors since 2008). Member: Journal Pastoral Theology (managing editor), Tarrant County Medical Society (member ethics consortium since 2005), Society Study Christian Spirituality, Society Buddhist-Christian Studies, Spiritual Directors International, Society Pastoral Theology.
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Married Karee J. Galloway, November 4, 1989. 1 child Ben Thu Ngoc.
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Liberals
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1988
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2003
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1991 - 1994
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2002 - 2007