Sustaining Pastoral Excellence

September 2006
Newsletter

 

 

 

Telling the Story by Heart

There may not be a story worth hearing on 237 channels of cable TV, but we have a story to tell, says John Wimmer. Just open your mouth and tell it.
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SPE Program Spotlight:

PC(USA) Re-Forming Ministry by Recovering Shared Teaching Office

In the PC(USA), pastors, professors, and denominational leaders are gathering for the most unusual of reasons — to do theology together.
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Story Starvation and Stories that Nourish

Bishop Kenneth Carder offers additional reflection on the recent Peer Gatherings and the cure for “Story Starvation.”
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Calling up the Called

Kate Harvey finds in the munus triplex — the three-fold office of Jesus as prophet, priest and king — a powerful description of pastoral excellence.
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Recommended Reading: “Callings” and “Leading Lives that Matter”

Pastors wanting to re-explore their own call or help young parishioners figure out their own life paths should consider two recent books on vocation.
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