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INNOVATIVE THOUGHT & PRACTICE

f For many caregivers, be they pastors, clinicians, or coaches, the command is clear: Nothing is to impede people from coming to Jesus. No problem is too significant, no hole too deep, no issue that the Gospel cannot touch. A second idea is quick to follow: “To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22, NIV). This verse places the expectation that the caregiver is “the one.” The one who takes the call, makes the connection, and introduces the Gospel to the hurting. The image of a battlefield foxhole with a chaplain gripping a wounded soldier’s hand illustrates the caregiver’s role. The one who will go where angels fear to tread. James Sells, Ph.D., Diane Chandler, Ph.D., and Jennifer Ripley, Ph.D. FIRST STEPS IN ATTENDING TO FAMILIES IN CRISIS “For I am convinced that neither death nor life… will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 8:38-39, NIV

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