Sentence examples for offering pastoral from inspiring English sources

Offering pastoral advice?

"The question is, 'Are they offering pastoral care and support to someone in need of assistance with no strings attached, or is this a subtle way to sneak a sermon in?"' he said.

In 1987, as the war hotted up in south west Africa, he started a Namibian chaplaincy in Highbury, north London, offering pastoral care and accommodation to refugees, marrying them and baptising their children.

— In ticking off his credentials on the campaign trail — management consultant, businessman, governor — Mitt Romney omits what may have been his most distinctive post: Mormon lay leader, offering pastoral guidance on all manner of human affairs from marriage to divorce, abortion, adoption, addiction, unemployment and even business disputes.

The church is offering pastoral services to police officers assigned to the tragedy.

"There is a difference between offering pastoral care at ground zero," she said in a phone conversation, "and what you say to someone two years from now".

As church communities gather on the Sunday after the "not guilty" verdict in one of the most racially fraught trials in recent memory, black pastors are offering both pastoral and prophetic responses from their pulpits.

Roman Catholic churches in the Detroit area distributed a four-page letter from Cardinal Adam Maida, the archbishop, offering "some pastoral insights and suggestions about how we might prepare to celebrate Christmas this year when economic conditions are so grim".

"In this context, offering special pastoral solutions by individuals or local offices can risk causing confusion," he said in a statement, stressing the importance of "conducting a journey in full communion with the Church community".

In a competitive world, offering the right pastoral care is crucial.

The US owes a huge debt to generous, heroic sisters who have dedicated their lives to offering education, healthcare and pastoral provision only to be subjected to an intrusive, inherently hostile process of investigation for alleged doctrinal errors.