Pastor As Minor Poet Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life

Name: Pastor As Minor Poet Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life
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ISBN: 9780802829627

ISBN-10: 0802829627

ISBN-13: 9780802829627

Edition: 2008

Authors: M. Craig Barnes

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Todays pastors often expected to be multitasking marvels who can make their churches "successful" are understandably confused about their role. Craig Barnes contends that the true calling of a pastor is to assist others in becoming fully alive in Christ to be a "minor poet." The pastor absorbs the wisdom of major poets the biblical poets as well as the churchs theological poets and distills its essence for parishioners. / The Pastor as Minor Poet calls pastors to continually search for a deeper, truer understanding of what they see both in the text of Scripture and in the text of their parishioners' lives. Discerning the subtexts beneath these texts reveals the core truths that allow…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 12/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 146
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English

M. Craig Barnes (PhD, University of Chicago) is Meneilly Professor of Leadership and Ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and senior pastor at Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.He is a former senior pastor of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. His books include Searching for Home: Spirituality for Restless Souls, An Extravagant Mercy: Reflections on Ordinary Things, Sacred Thirst: Finding God in the Desert of Our Longings and Hustling God: Why We Work So Hard for What God Wants to Give . Barnes is also the author of numerous published articles and is a speaker at seminary and church events.