{"id":21939,"date":"2010-09-20T15:30:35","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/star-bulletin_in_hawaii_church_leaders_learn_to_set_physical_limits\/"},"modified":"2010-09-20T15:30:35","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T15:30:35","slug":"star-bulletin_in_hawaii_church_leaders_learn_to_set_physical_limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=21939","title":{"rendered":"(Star-Bulletin) In Hawaii Church leaders learn to set physical limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Church leaders training to deal with sexual misconduct are presented with a case study in which a parishioner says of a minister:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chris makes me feel really special &#8212; phoning and visiting me on a regular basis; knowing when to hug, when to listen, and when to share; and always complimenting me on my hairstyle, smile and overall appearance. Chris models compassion, sensitivity and servant-hood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Is Chris&#8217; behavior appropriate for a minister, or does it overstep professional boundaries?<\/p>\n<p>Al Miles, chaplain at the Queen&#8217;s Medical Center, poses such questions at training sessions held twice a year to remind Episcopal church representatives that there is zero tolerance for sexual misconduct, no matter how subtle. Miles is a national consultant and author of &#8220;Domestic Violence: What Every Pastor Needs to Know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/features\/20100918_Church_leaders_learn_to_set_physical_limits.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Church leaders training to deal with sexual misconduct are presented with a case study in which a parishioner says of a minister: &#8220;Chris makes me feel really special &#8212; phoning and visiting me on a regular basis; knowing when to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=21939\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,39,168,184,177,112,34,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-life-church-life","category-culture-watch","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-parish-ministry","category-pastoral-theology","category-sexuality","category-theology","category-violence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}