This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers

This Odd and Wondrous Calling offers something different from most books available on ministry. Two people still pastoring reflect honestly here on both the joys and the challenges of their vocation. / Anecdotal and extremely readable, the book covers a diversity of subjects revealing the incredible variety of a pastor's day. The chapters move from comedy to pathos, story to theology, Scripture to contemporary culture. This Odd and Wondrous Calling is both serious and fun and is ideal for those who are considering the ministry or who want a better understanding of their own minister's life.

Author: Lillian Daniel, Martin B. Copenhaver
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 255
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.92h x 6.04w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780802864758

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 10/20/2009 pg. 27

About the Author
Copenhaver, Martin B.: - Martin B. Copenhaver is senior pastor of Wellesley Congregational Church in Wellesley, Massachusetts. His other books include Living Faith While Holding Doubts and To Begin at the Beginning.Daniel, Lillian: - Lillian Daniel is the senior minister of First CongregationalChurch, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, and a host of the Chicago-basedtelevision program 30 Good Minutes. She is alsothe author of Tell It Like It Is: Reclaiming the Practiceof Testimony, and When Spiritual but NotReligious Is Not Enough: Seeing God in Surprising Places, Even the Church.

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