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Varieties of Gifts: Multiplicity and the Well-Lived Pastoral Life

Varieties of Gifts: Multiplicity and the Well-Lived Pastoral Life

Lindner, Cynthia G.

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Religion General Christian LivingGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 1566997429
ISBN13: 9781566997423
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Apr 8 2016
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

If there's one thing upon which contemporary pastors and their congregations can agree, it's that the practice of ministry in our rapidly changing, increasingly diverse context is a complicated business. Varieties of Gifts highlights the stories of ministers who thrive in this environment, offering inspiration to readers--ministers, seminary students, and people who care for them--on engaging their own multiplicity to build healthy, sustainable ministry.

Varieties of Gifts illuminates the inner lives of clergy who lead with courage and creativity, stamina, and soulfulness. The author mines in-depth interviews with twenty pastors in order to demonstrate that the human experience of multiple-mindedness is an essential ingredient for healthy, innovative ministry. Cynthia Lindner, herself an ordained minister, pastoral psychotherapist, and professor, illustrates how the Christian tradition bears witness to creation's complexity, and how our own multiplicity mirrors God's abundance. Through the accounts of the pastors themselves, the book illustrates how well-tended ministerial multiplicity can cultivate a rich pastoral identity, navigate congregational conflict, and embrace change in rich, life-giving ways.

Rather than an unattainable quick fix, Varieties of Gifts profiles relatable pastors and congregations whose lives highlight the rich potential for multiple identities to enhance pastoral life, even in challenging times.

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