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Toward Pastoral Counseling Integration (Jensen) 1. Betsy was worried that her current problems were punishment by God. The focus of her treatment was on a. her punitive and alcoholic father. b. forgiving herself for her human frailty. c. her interactions with God as a real person. d. God as an object of displacement.
2. God’s available next of kin include a. sacred texts. b. sacramental actions or rituals. c. the fellowship of believers. d. all of the above.
3. A therapist can avoid being authoritarian about spiritual matters by a. not talking about God at all. b. using “I positions”. c. giving preference to psychology over spirituality. d. being emotionally distant.
Spiritual Distress (Kennedy) 4. As a hospice chaplain, the author viewed his patient’s hallucinations as a. a result of an inoperable brain tumor. b. a side effect of medication. c. filled with deep spiritual and personal meaning. d. an unfortunate result of his medical condition.
5. The 67-year-old patient with inoperable lung cancer who refused to sleep in her bed was helped by a. an image of Jesus guiding her safely to heaven. b. a thorough regimen of acupuncture. c. the image of her father inviting her to join him in heaven. d. forgiving her abusive father.
Being Forgiven (Ashby) 6. Which is NOT a required action of seeking forgiveness? a. acknowledging the wrong that was done. b. acknowledging the pain and suffering caused. c. offering to make amends. d. demanding a speedy forgiveness from the offended.
7. A proper apology is a. “I’m sorry you felt hurt by what I said.” b. “If you say that it bothered you, then I apologize.” c. “I’m sorry for yelling at you but you hurt my feelings.” d. “I was wrong for hurting you with my unkind remark. I am sorry and I apologize.”
Youthful Visitors (Capps) 8. The author suggests that Einstein laughed and chuckled a. in order to ridicule the young Lutheran pastor. b. to show the absurdity of believing in the deity of Christ. c. to show contempt for Christ’s atonement on the cross. d. at the incongruity of he, a Jew, being questioned in his own office by a pastor about his beliefs about Jesus Christ.
Organ Transplant Patient (Shuford) 9. After his liver transplant, Karl a. made relationships a priority. b. got bitter at God. c. went back to work as a firefighter. d. became cynical about human nature.
10. The hardest thing for Karl to talk about was a. the break up of his 35-year marriage. b. his organ donor and the donor family. c. losing his job. d. his relationship with God. |
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