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by Michael G. Maness (Editor), Kevaughn Mattis (Editor)
Pastoral care and its theology get a gentle boost from some of the best in the business of caring for the soul. When a person hurts, they often look to God. Several pathfinders give new light from their specialties, each one speaking powerfully, uniquely, and artfully from decades of experience. Dr. Amos Yong's article on disability forwards the amazingly helpful term, ""temporarily able-bodied."" Greek Orthodox Dr. Vasileios Thermos and Roman Catholic Dr. Robert Fastiggi enlighten next to the powerful testaments of Professor Godfrey Harold on South Africa and Dr. Samuel Yonas Deressa on Ethiopia. Each weathered author contributes universal insights into the grace of our great God and challenges pastors throughout the Christian world to kindly consider the heart of the afflicted. These finely hewn stones can be used by anyone in the ministry to sharpen their serve. Mattis and Maness offer this third collection from Testamentum Imperium with a prayer that these will open new avenues of sensitivity to the hearts and souls of those in travail and aid those who are called by God to serve those in pain.
Author Biography
Michael G. Maness is a retired senior clinical chaplain from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the author of ten books, over 100 articles, including the pivotal How We Saved Texas Prison Chaplaincy 2011, and has been managing editor of Testamentum Imperium for over 15 years. He earned an MDiv from SWBTS and a DMin from NOBTS, and has been involved in lobbying Texas for prison chaplains for 25-plus years. His website PreciousHeart.net hosts the largest collection of data on prison chaplaincy in the U.S. as well as the 300-plus articles published by Testamentum Imperium.
Kevaughn Mattis is the founder of Testamentum Imperium and is a practicing attorney in Trinidad Tobago with a Bachelors in Law (LLB) (Hons), University of London, UK and an LPC from BPP Law School, Manchester, UK. He has been networking with scholars on religion and the law for over 15 years
