Pastoral carers occupy a unique place on the support team. No, we are not doctors, and most of our parishioners do not necessarily want to make doctors of us. In the words of my junior high soccer coach, “Play your position!” If we could only do precisely that, and play our “pastoral positions,” all would stand to benefit—sufferers and carers alike. Sunbeam Some pastors and chaplains go about their visitation under the banner, “Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.” It is a delightful chorus, but a less