Depersonalizing, dehumanizing patterns of living often reduce interaction to an exchange of goods and information. Caregivers who take the time for noncrisis, face-to-face visits, resist these cultural forces. Visitation for the purpose of nurturing relationship and fostering faithfulness is, in my opinion, one of the most caring acts of contemporary pastoral ministry. Caregivers hear others’ longing for a sense of well-being in the midst of multiple, fragmenting commitments, help to identify their