How do we really help others? Over the years I have supported quite a few people who have had major mental illnesses and so I have learnt quite a few things along the way. This is a little promotion for an eBook I have written. Enjoy

1. Some people scare me
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2. They mean to do well
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3. They have great
intentions
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4. But really ...

5. They don’t know
what
they don’t know

6. Some people
s-care me

7. Here are 5 of them

8. Fundamentalist Fred.
Fred comes alongside and doesn’t lighten
the load but adds to it. He lays down
the rules, the principles and tells the
person to just try harder.
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9. Super Spiritual Sally.
Sally comes alongside with a big cheery
smile on her face but ignores the reality of
what the person is facing. She offers a few
quick spiritual platitudes, tosses a ‘Praise
the Lord’ here and there.
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10. Rescuing Rachel.
Rachel justloves to be needed. She comes
alongside, takes the burden off the other
person and makes it her own. Isn’t she just
so caring! She continues to carry and
rescue without wisdom.Caring does not mean
carrying.

11. Program Pete.
Pete has the answer. He has a course,
he has a book, and he has a lecture to
give. Pete comes alongside and
informs. He takes people to the
course, he provides the information
and says- just go and do it!
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12. Superficial Sarah.
Let’s keep things light, on the surface.
If you’re smiling, Sarah will smile with
you; if you’re not, she won’t know what
to do. Sarah is hesitant to talk about
anything that might be difficult.
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13. Don’t be an Unguided
Pastoral Missile
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14. I want you to help
others
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15. So I decided to
write a short eBook

16. I wanted to add lots
of quotes and
pictures

17. I wanted to add lots
of quotes and
pictures

18. Then the reviews
appeared on Amazon
This attractively presented book on
caring for and supporting others is a
useful and practical resource for
individuals and for groups wanting to
learn more about pastoral care.
I would highly recommend this book.
Gary Corbett

19. In short, practical pages, enlivened by
anecdote and observation, Barry offers
five simple lessons to help us help
others.
Putting even half of what he offers into
action will prevent me from being an
‘Unguided Pastoral Missile’, and by using
all of it all the time, all of us can
become much more effective. Carolyn

20. The Unguided Pastoral Missile, "Five
things you need to know for the sake of
others," is amazingly well-structured,
thoroughly considered, doable, and non-overwhelming;
it's not a sentence longer
than it needs to be.
Everything about the entire book is
small, manageable, and inspiring.
Leah Chang

21. The Unguided
Pastoral Missile.
Available
now at
Amazon
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