Pastoral care
Years of congregational ministry continue to shape the way sermons, visits, and listening sessions unfold.
ABOUT
Dana C. Baldwin
A pastor, licensed professional counselor, and professor (ret.) who keeps saying yes to gentle, people-first work.
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Pastoral care
Hospital visits, funerals, weddings, and the quiet companionship that surrounds them.
Counseling practice
Licensed professional counseling with attention to trauma-informed, spiritually-integrated care.
Teaching & facilitation
Classroom lectures, seminary intensives, and small cohorts that favor conversation over performance.
Writing & resources
Articles, prayers, and handouts crafted slowly so communities can keep using them for years.
Time is currently split between counseling sessions, consulting conversations, and volunteer hospital visits.
Based in Twin Cities, MN · available for remote collaboration
BACKGROUND
A vocation that spans counseling rooms, classrooms, and sanctuaries.
However people arrive—with grief, hope, questions, or leadership strain—the goal is the same: calm, attentive presence.
Ministry began in the classroom and pulpit, but the work soon stretched into counseling offices, kitchen tables, and congregational hallways. The assignments have shifted over the decades, yet the daily rhythm still includes listening, writing, and tending to people who need gentle accompaniment.
Teaching and counseling overlapped for many years. That overlap formed a habit of preparing carefully, citing thoroughly, and honoring confidentiality. Even now—post-retirement—the pace remains attentive instead of rushed.
This site simply gathers the sermons, lectures, and handouts that are being digitized. Each entry will be released as it is proofed, anonymized, and formatted for long-term use.
Clinical perspective
As a licensed professional counselor, Dana approaches every story with dignity, informed consent, and steady pacing.
Teaching and mentoring
Serving as a professor left a deep appreciation for slow scholarship, office hours, and life-long learners.
If we have not met yet, feel welcome to share a short introduction through the contact form. Responses favor thoughtfulness over speed.
FOCUS
Ways we might work together
Choose the pace that serves you best—one visit, a facilitated retreat, or a longer collaboration.
Counseling
Individuals, couples, clergy
Private sessions for those seeking steadiness, grief companionship, or vocational discernment.
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Consulting
Pastors, boards, and staff teams
Facilitated conversations that bring clarity to care systems, leadership strain, and conflict.
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Teaching resources
Articles, liturgies, checklists
Downloadable tools and curated series that can be reused across retreats and study groups.
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APPROACH
Gentle, thorough, collaborative.
Dana is most at home in slow rooms—listening, making space for silence, and guiding next steps only after trust is formed. Whether the context is counseling or consulting, the rhythm is the same: pay attention, honor dignity, and keep the story grounded.
- 35+ years of ministry and counseling in the Twin Cities region
- Licensed professional counselor with clear ethical boundaries
- Professor emerita who still mentors and reviews curriculum
- Collaborates with churches, nonprofits, and care teams in person or remotely
Prefer a next step? Share what you are discerning, and we can decide whether counseling, consulting, or a resource request fits best.
Contact DanaReplies are thoughtful, not instant. You will hear back once the note has been reviewed with care.