Abstract
Tom Pugh was a man of few words, but this writer can imagine his delight were he to know that essays honoring him would be devoted to the theme of the selfhood of the pastor. This is doubly fitting, for it both acknowledges the central theme in Tom’s own long and pioneering career as a teacher of pastoral care and counseling, and it identifies what is perhaps the most important core value in the clinical tradition of pastoral care and counseling—the emotional and personal development of the pastor.