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An Unexpected Journey 
Reflections on Pastoral Ministry
By J. Philip Wogaman
J. Philip Wogaman offers candid reflections on his service as Senior Minister at Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. This unexpected journey began for Wogaman at the age of sixty, following a full career as an ethics professor. Wogama...
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Beleaguered Rulers 
The Public Obligation of the Professional
By William F. May
Professionals today wield an enormous public power. Collectively, their decisions affect the patient's plight, the client's fate, the student's future, the city's scape, the Earth's sustainability, the worker's fair treatment, and the durability of i...
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Best Advice 
Wisdom on Ministry from 30 Leading Pastors and Preachers
By William J. Carl III
This book gathers a diverse group of leading pastors and preachers and asks them, what is your best advice to colleagues in ministry about preaching and being a pastor? The responses are full of wisdom and practical advice, illuminating and helpful ...
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Clergy Killers 
Guidance for Pastors and Congregations under Attack
By G. Lloyd Rediger
Though some conflict in the church may be normal, there are some types of conflict which are abnormal and abusive. Within some congregations there are personalities who seek to unsettle the relationship between minister and congregation. In this enga...
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Fit to Be a Pastor 
A Guide to Personal and Professional Fitness
By G. Lloyd Rediger
In this important and urgent message to pastors, G. Lloyd Rediger emphasizes the necessity of integrating fitness of body, mind, and spirit in order to attain fulfillment of personhood and calling. Not immune from the debilitating unfitness that is e...
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Help! I'm a Pastor 
A Guide to Parish Ministry
By Richard Stoll Armstrong, Kirk Walker Morledge
Richard Armstrong and Kirk Morledge present this practical guide for pastoral ministry, offering counsel about a wide range of topics related to a pastor's professional ministry and personal life. Topics include: beginning a new ministrybalancing one...
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Heroism and the Christian Life 
Reclaiming Excellence
By Brian S. Hook, R. R. Reno
This volume is a literary and cultural investigation of the discord and resonance between classical ideals of heroic action and the imperatives of the Christian life, from the Homeric epic to the present day. Its central theme is the difficulty of re...
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Joy Together 
Spiritual Practices for Your Congregation
By Lynne M. Baab
Although interest in spiritual practices has grown in recent years, most of the books available address individuals who wish to try Christian disciplines such as fasting or fixed-hour prayer. This book, by contrast, offers guidance and examples to Ch...
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Last Call 
From Serving Drinks to Serving Jesus
By Jerry Herships
"I had a vision of a faith community where people could have a wider understanding of God and our relationship to him/her. I wanted to create a place where people could state what they believe and what they struggle with-freely. I wanted a community ...
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The Learning Congregation 
A New Vision of Leadership
By Thomas R. Hawkins
Congregations today face an adaptive challenge of immense proportions. Many respond with classic signs of work avoidance: holding to past assumptions and blaming authority. Thomas Hawkins's new vision of church leadership can provide a way to break t...
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Ministry Is a High Calling (Aim Low) 
Reflections of a Parish Novice
By Kurt R. Schuermann
Kurt Schuermann writes with humor and grace about the everyday happenings in a pastor's life. After being forced to purge his book collection by a move to a smaller office, Schuermann discovers a dark truth about himself: he is addicted to ten-step b...
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Ministry Loves Company 
A Survival Guide for Pastors
By John Galloway Jr.
In Ministry Loves Company, John Galloway provides new and veteran pastors with insights on establishing and maintaining a vital parish ministry while remaining invigorated by the practice of ministry. Drawing on the image of a congregation as a famil...
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Moral Dilemmas 
An Introduction to Christian Ethics
By J. Philip Wogaman
How can we make decisions that are consistent with our basic values? We must first, J. Philip Wogaman says, identify basic moral presumptions that can guide our thought as we face moral dilemmas. These basic moral presumptions include equality, grace...
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Neighborhood Church 
Transforming Your Congregation into a Powerhouse for Mission
By Rob Mueller, Krin Van Tatenhove
How can we embody the values of love, grace, and justice? As faith communities, how can our collective embodiment of these values shine even brighter? The answers to these questions must always unfold right here, right now, exactly where God has plan...
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Presbyterian Handbook has informed and amused thousands of Presbyterians and other Christians with a distinctive blend of historical and theological information, fun-filled facts, and practical tips on being a churchgoing follower of Jesus Christ. No...
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