1. Everyone involved commits to the confidential nature of the case study or verbatim report.6 Real names are never used. 2. The people depicted in a case study or verbatim report are real people, and many times the stories include both the fragile and resilient nature of life itself. 3. The sharing of each verbatim should begin with a prayer asking for God’s counsel and close with a prayer lifting up the individuals represented in the verbatim.