...Practical Book Review One: Petersen by Tom Radcliff Introduction to Pastoral Counseling March 19, 2012 Liberty University Baptist Seminary Lynchburg, VA PRACTICAL BOOK REVIEW ONE: PETERSEN I. Summation. In our personal and professional relationships, everyone is affected by the way we communicate. And in our fast-paced world we live in it is becoming increasingly difficult for people to send and receive clear and meaningful messages. Effective communication is vital to healthy relationships such that the absence of it can bring any relationship to a “grinding halt” (Petersen 2007, 4). Why Don’t We Listen Better? is a tool box full of practical advice designed to help relationships flourish through enhanced communication techniques. Dissecting the intricate parts of communication, Petersen focuses on the elusive art of effective listening. Through detailed examples and realistic scenarios, Petersen demonstrates in vivid detail the profound role “real listening” plays in our lives. In the process, he candidly exposes his own shortcomings, which gives the reader comfort in knowing that even experts in the field can face challenges. This user-friendly guide is for readers who want to create thriving relationships through effective and productive conversation. Although I found Petersen’s work to be an invaluable resource, I did not agree with everything the author suggested. For example, I was not convinced with the notion of using his Talker-Listener Card (TLC) as...
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...author of knowledge and wisdom for his countless love throughout the stipulated internship period. With grateful heart I would like to remember the persons who have helped me during the course of my internship program. I wish to place on record my words of gratitude to Mr. William Adjovu (CEO of Liberty Group of Companies) for having offered me the opportunity to work with his Company and also being a good father for providing me with all my needs, may God richly bless you. I express my sentiment of gratitude to my guides Mr. Alex Amankwa-Winns (Operations Manager) and Miss Josephine Auch (Human Resource Manager) of Liberty DMI Microfinance Company Limited for their advice, training and corrections during my internship period, may they live long to continue their good advice. An endeavor over a period can be successful only with the advice and support of well-wishers. I take this opportunity to express my appreciation to all my friends and employees who in diverse ways gave me their support and love to complete the internship period especially Alex Dwamena, Audrey Aaikins and Perpetual Adator, I am most grateful to you for being there for me. My gratitude also goes to my parents who assisted me financially throughout my internship period. May God give them long life and prosperity to enjoy their investment on me. I express my sincere gratitude to Ghana Technology University College (GTUC), for initiating this program to aid its students to gain practical knowledge in the business...
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... Oates his expertise being biographies of 19th century historical figures. The book is written as a dramatic narrative, but the research into the ambiguous character of Nat Turner and the events surrounding his life is thorough and extensive. A more perfect and horrendous thought experiment about political ethics, divinity, and morality and could not have been imagined than the real life events that preceded, culminated in, and followed the slave rebellion of Southampton...
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...system to government officials. It conveys their intentions as to what power government officials would have, how that power would be organized, to what legitimate purposes that power could be used, and what limitations there would be on that power”(Whittington,2006). On looking at the constitution written by our founding fathers,it clearly begins by explaining why it was established and the underlying reason of protecting and upholding the fundamental values and interests of the American people.It starts by declaring “We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”(The constitution,1787). In article one, it talks of the representation of all the states and rotational election of senators(which I think is important in a democratic government) as well as the making of the necessary laws empowering the government in its execution of the constitution. In article two, it points out clearly that the president has to be a natural born citizen of this country(one of the ongoing political issues with the republicans that the current president is not). Section four of the same article emphasizes on what Thomas Jefferson said in our earlier readings that a government that is destructive of...
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...Nouwen 4-MAT Book Review 1 Nouwen 4-MAT Book Review Quinton Neighbors Liberty University Nouwen 4-MAT Book Review 2 Summary Reaching Out The Three Movements of The Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen, published on November 20, 2013. The author lays out three dimensions of spiritual movements in the Christian life. Each one proceeding from the previous one to make a simple but profound process for the reader to understand. Explained first as the spectrum of loneliness to solitude. Next, hostility to hospitality, and finally illusion to prayer. The needs of loneliness manifest its in the quest for messianic completeness in other things to fill the void. This has many implications as violence, resentment, and other reactions to having such flawed idols are being used to fill the gap. On the other hand, the author presents Christ as the point of wholeness that we as humans long for. Our innermost selves are filled by this to become receptive to inner talk, the world and others. The immovable wholeness in Christ is the axiom in which the heart solitude provides loving faith filled responses. Going further into solitude is an process of inner stability in Christ, that plants seeds of hospitality instead of the natural hostility our world has created. Hospitality is defined as a biblical term of open freedom of space so that strangers can be invited as friends. Balanced in heart solitude and freedom from attachment to things either material or immaterial makes the space for a good host...
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...Counseling 506: 4 Mat Review McMinn Liberty University Martha J Meek Summary Dr. Mark McMinn (1996) discusses in his book Psychology, Theology and Spirituality in Christian Counseling, the importance of combing the three and creating a way that will help the counselor reach the client. His book is broken apart in several different chapters that explain and reflect on religion in the counseling office, psychological, spiritual health, prayer, Scripture, sin, confession, forgiveness, and redemption. McMinn gives scenarios throughout his book on various different situations and what the counselor should do in these situations. Religion in the counseling office is important, but McMinn stresses the importance of consent before using prayer. He states that often the client becomes too dependent on the counselor. The counselor can silently pray for the client outside the office. McMinn states “the question is not how we understand the relationship between psychology and theology but how we practically use the Christian faith in our counseling” (McMinn p. 26). Psychological and spiritual health is very important. McMinn designed a detailed map of spiritual and psychological health. The map gives examples of faulty sense of self by being self-absorbed, and having a lack of self-restraint. There is an example of faulty relationships, where a person can become dependent. There is an example of a faulty awareness of the need to play the victim role. McMinn describes Imago...
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...Possible Term Paper Topics and Instructions You will research, prepare, and write a 10-15 page term paper for this class. You have two choices as to how you can approach this paper: Track A and Track B. Regardless of which “track” you choose, the same general guidelines and expectations apply to all papers. The topics listed below do not define the entire universe of subjects available to you. If you have another idea for a paper topic, check it out with me. Once you select a topic, and I would suggest that this be done promptly, stop by my office to discuss your research endeavor. Track A: Issue-centered paper. Those choosing this track will research and write a paper on a specific issue of constitutional law. The paper will focus on the Court’s treatment of an issue and competing perspectives on it (both on and off the Court), and provide an evaluation and critique of those perspectives. It will culminate in a defense of its own thesis. Possible topics include: • The history, functions, and uses of one of the various “technical barriers” • Scope and limits of the presidential power to pardon • Federalism as a value in the Warren and post-Warren Supreme Court • Federalism as a constitutional concept in the Rehnquist Court • How far did the Rehnquist Revolution in federalism go? • The constitutional status of the War Powers Act (1973) • The concept of Executive Privilege • Are there limits to the...
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...Revolution Thomas P. Slaughter, author of The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogues to the American Revolution (1986), works for History at The University of Notre Dame. He has three prizes winning books. He also won different sections of award for his books. He likewise edited some other books. Basically, he has a good qualification for editing and writing a respectable biography book. He started to new book called Vision Quest: Lewis and Clark’s Search for the Known and The Snake in the Garden and Snakes in the Grass: History and Culture in Early American. As Slaughter has reviewed other books, other authors and scholars has also reviewed his books. One of it being this book, The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogues to the American Revolution. Tim Browns has stated that his books compare different perspectives. For instance, “East vs. West, North vs. South, Jeffersonian vs. Hamiltonians, Democrat vs. Whig/Republican, moneyed interests vs. ordinary people, Anglos vs. Indians, taxers vs. tax-cutters”. Likewise, Choice review and Library Journal similarly...
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...was then that the great conspiracy named after Gabriel, slave of Tomas H. Prosser of Henrico Country, Virginia, occurred” (Aptheker 219). The book Black Thunder: Gabriel’s Revolt written by Arna Bontemps is a historical novel that takes place in Virginia in 1800. It shows what the slaves at this time were experiencing and it is in their point of view, rather than the view from the slave masters, like many other novels are. The title, Black Thunder, has a double meaning to it. The very literal meaning of it is a night thunderstorm. The thunderstorm is a climactic turning point in the novel. It is what causes the rivers to flood and the slaves to bail on the revolt. They see the storm as a bad sign and do not want to move onward. The other meaning of the title is the sound of African drums. The titles of the five books, “Jacobins”, “Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet”, “Mad Dogs”, “A Breathing Of The Common Wind”, and “Pale Evening…A Tall Slim Tree”, in the novel are also very significant. For example, Jacobins, which is the title of book one, were French men who were members of a radical political group who supported an egalitarian democracy. This first book involves many judgments, so I feel it is an appropriate title. The third book refers to what the masters and white people of power saw the slaves as, mad dogs. The last book title has to do with execution and this is the chapter where Gabriel and other slaves get hung. There are many important characters in this novel...
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...Lone Star Nation Book Written By: H.W. Brands Published By: Anchor Books Published in: New York in February 2005 Book Review Written By: Meg Murphy H.W. Brands is very good at bringing to life all the famous characters and events that walk through the founding of Texas. Despite years of tall tales, movies and others taking liberties with the facts, on its own the story is a good one. This book is not just about the history of Texas, but details the accounts of the individuals' lives and struggles during the colonization and fight for the independence of Texas. H. W. Brands brings to the reader vivid portrayals of such great men as Andrew Jackson, Stephen F. Austin, and Sam Houston along with a host of lesser known individuals whose pioneering spirits brought them to the Texas borders only to face opposition from Spaniards, marauding and hostile Indian attacks, and ultimately an army of power-hungry Mexican leaders, fearful of the growing numbers of American settlers. He begins by painting a picture of Moses Austin, a failed businessman who, like many others, was driven to this remote border province of Mexico. Austin and his brother successfully operated a lead mine in Virginia, borrowing heavily to finance the venture. A bank downturn left him holding worthless bank notes, starting his push to the Western borders to do business. He ends up over five hundred miles from the United States border at San Antonio de Béxar, the capital of Texas. He negotiates with a hostile Spanish...
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...Practical Book Review of Petersen Christina Suarez HSCO 508/ Liberty University August 2, 2015 Practical Book Review of Petersen Summarize! Why Don’t We Listen Better? Communicating & Connecting in Relationships by James C. Peterson is considered self-help book, which explains the way listening may enhance the way we think and respond to different situations in our daily life through communication. Why Don’t We Listen Better? Communicating and Connecting in Relationships has offered immense insight in the manner to promote relationships and the way to link to others. There are five sections to Petersons’ book that include options in communicating, talker-listener process, listening techniques, using TLC in groups, and the concluding philosophy. One of my favorite sections of the text is second part is the Talker-Listeners Card , which teaches us the way to take turns in that we must listen first and respond second. The third part of the book talks about retaining the methods that you learned about, as well as then finding what works best better. The fourth and fifth part suggests that one should become that individual whose presence is needed in a given conservation. Petersen learned through personal observation that most people think they listen, but don’t really hear each other. The test suggests that communication starts with the brain, heart, and stomach. Petersen (2007). argues that stomach functions comprise of our emotions...
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...GUIDELINES FOR THE Practical Book Review: James Petersen By Jacqueline McCluskey Student ID: L24900116 Presented to Dr. Gordon Bals In partial fulfillment of the requirements of Introduction to Pastoral Counseling PACO 500 Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Lynchburg, VA February 3, 2012 PRACTICAL BOOK REVIEW ONE: James Peterson My Summation In the first part of his book, Dr. Petersen introduces the reader to Flat-Brain Theory of Emotions. Through this theory, he explains how emotions, thinking and relating abilities work and how what goes on inside of us comes out in the ways we communicate and act (Petersen 2007, 8). It is through the Flat-Brain Theory that the reader gets an understanding of why at times it is difficult to communicate with others. Also through this theory he explains how when a person’s emotions go into overload how it affects the way they think and interact with others. According to Petersen, emotional and relational overload can negatively affect the ability to hear, see, and speak (23-30). Within the Flat-Brain Theory the stomach begins to expand because it becomes overloaded with different emotions. These emotions then press the heart functions into bricks in the chest, which negatively hinders the ability to relate. This then affects the brain causing it to flatten. The brain becomes pressed against the skull resulting in our thinking, hearing, and seeing to be off. Therefore, the flat-brain person can’t hear...
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...4- MAT Review 2: Psychology, Theology and Spirituality in Christian Counseling Liberty University Jennifer Hooker McMinn, Ph.D., Mark R. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (2011) 4- MAT Review 1: Psychology, Theology and Spirituality in Christian Counseling Summary McMinn utilized psychology, theology and spirituality in order to assist people in enhancing different aspects of their lives. McMinn made it clear that it is important for the counselor to be strong in their own spirituality, so that they will be able to properly help the client in their process. (McMinn, 2011) McMinn addresses the different precautions counselors should take and also the limitations. Counselors express when it comes to incorporating their own spirituality into their counseling session, it can be challenging, due to the fact that they may not feel that confident about the knowledge they have about the bible. As a result counselors will often omit the use of God’s word in their counseling sessions because they do not want to confuse the client or interpret the message differently. McMinn has provided the guidance for the counselors who wish to strengthen spirituality within the counseling sessions, as well as within themselves. There are many benefits that come with incorporating Christianity into counseling sessions, but some of the main elements that can help to enhance the client’s life are, they can gain a better sense of self, a better understanding of human need and limitations and also...
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... America has long been fans of the superior writers, such as Hemingway and Fitzgerald for their various works including “The Great Gatsby” and “The Old Man in the Sea”, America has been known for its fondness of short stories. American literature aims to embody the values and morals of the American culture. The foundation of American values include the rights to liberty, justice, freedom, equality, love, and family, American literature usually will be centered in one or more of these ideals. American literature incorporates the story of an American character and their encounters with the land and the people, exemplifying the human need to control and understand their environment. “Whitman emerges here both as an exemplar of the dominant literary theory and as a precursor of our contemporary value schema, with its enshrinement of the "me" (San Francisco Chronicle (Pre-1997 Fulltext)). Whitman was known for his fresh perspectives of the past and domination of literary theories. What is literary canon? How does literary canon relate to what is going on in society? Literary canons are the classifications of books and their influence upon the culture and society of a specific region or country. Literary canons outline the influential literature of a culture, society, country, or secular community. Society looks to literary canons to understand cultural influence and to research the issues that are most important to the people of the country. “A canon need not include all writing...
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...4-Mat Review 4- MAT Review 2: Psychology, Theology and Spirituality in Christian Counseling Liberty University Diane Jaynes McMinn, Ph.D., Mark R. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. (2011) 4- MAT Review 1: Psychology, Theology and Spirituality in Christian Counseling Summary McMinn used psychology, theology and spirituality in the process of supporting individuals with improving distinctive facets of their lives. For a counselor to be effective, McMinn stated throughout the book that it is very imperative that the therapist be fervent and resilient within their personal piety. (McMinn, 2011) McMinn talks about the numerous defenses therapists need to take and he also discussed limitations that counselors face. It can be perplexing for Counselors to articulate their own spirituality when integrating it into their counseling session (McMinn, 2011). Therapist also feel that sharing their spirituality can also be difficult, for the reason that they may possibly feel unsure about their Bible knowledge (McMinn, 2011). And as a solution therapists will just not use anything from the Bible in their counseling sessions since the counselor surely does not want to muddy the waters any more for the individual or elucidate the meaning contrarily (McMinn, 2011). Guidance has been made available by McMinn to any therapist that desire to increase spirituality within their clients therapy sessions, and at the same time, increase their own spirituality (McMinn, 2011). When integrating Christianity...
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