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50 Tile Four PastorCl! Functions<br />

thought or action. Fundarncntallr. the guid<strong>in</strong>g m<strong>in</strong>istry assumes that<br />

useful wisdom, which edifies and illum<strong>in</strong>a tes the mean<strong>in</strong>g and direction<br />

of a person's life, can be rllJde 3,-ailabte with<strong>in</strong> the framework of the<br />

help<strong>in</strong>g act. This wisdom may be t ho~ght of as hav<strong>in</strong>g its orig<strong>in</strong> from<br />

with<strong>in</strong> the troubled person himself, h Om the experience of the counselor,<br />

from the common values regnant <strong>in</strong> their mutually shared culture, from<br />

a superior wisdom available to the coumelor, or el'en from a body of<br />

truth or knowledge <strong>in</strong>dependent of both the counselor and counselee. In<br />

any case, the wisdom mllst be fa shioned or shaped to the immediate d r­<br />

cumstances of the troubled person <strong>in</strong> order thai it ma~ ' be appropriated<br />

and used <strong>in</strong> the C

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