Clergy Tales--Tails: Who Wags the Dog
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00CX7PXD2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 444 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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There is no answer to the "why" they are asking but you offer presence. You have a budget meeting that evening and you know a very generous contributor has died affecting the financial stability of the church. As you leave the restaurant, a member calls to tell you of a rumor that some members are upset by what they heard a speaker said at last Sunday's youth fellowship meeting. You rush to the family's side to offer comfort. My intention is sharing these tales is to help people, clergy and lay, to recognize that pastors who continually confront events that stir emotions, both good and bad, in both the clergy and lay people are engaged in a profession that is taxing of their physical, emotional, and spiritual health. At 5:30, as you leave the church for a quick bite before the budget meeting, you are stopped by a smiling couple who stopped to tell you that your wise counsel over the last several weeks has helped heal their marriage. These volumes of Clergy Tales reveal the roller coaster life that clergy experience in responding to God's call. You leave for lunch with a couple interested in joining the church. No matter how you respond, someone in the church will not be pleased. The critical challenge of ministry is learning how to see the pres
good insights Dr Puttswell The author has captured some thoughtful insights into the struggles and challenges of pastoral ministry in an American parish. Compromise, challenge, decision, prayer, and much more are well represented. I am looking forward to future issues of the series.. "I would like the next one." according to maurice mccutchan. They were relatively short and to the point and yet very real with descriptions that let the reader feel the story.. John Woodmansee, North Carolina Home Inspector #Steve McCutchan's "Clergy TalesTails: Who Wgs The Dog" John Woodmansee, North Carolina Home Inspector #4 I do like stories about real people doing their day-to-days things.Your story of Al and Carla, his friend from divinity school days, engaged me because it's filled with romantic sparkle. They want to be together in the best of waysvery present, very focused on one another, honest and intense. Their comments to each other are so incisive that they push to the. said Steve McCutchan's "Clergy TalesTails: Who Wgs The Dog". I do like stories about real people doing their day-to-days things.Your story of Al and Carla, his friend from divinity school days, engaged me because it's filled with romantic sparkle. They want to be together in the best of waysvery present, very focused on one another, honest and intense. Their comments to each other are so incisive that they push to the