Acquaints students with ways to think theoretically and theologically about the family, with the assumption that all Christian ministers have involvement with family pain. Objectives are to develop a plan for a pastoral response to family pain as a pastor, not a therapist; to gain familiarity with some major schools of family therapy; to be reminded of the importance of the pastor`s own family experience in his or her pastoral work; and to begin developing a theology of family and marital life.