Priorities for the Pastor (Pocket Pulpit Library)
by Dr Warren W Wiersbe, Paul R Van Gorder, and Howard F Sugden
Cozzens explores priestly celibacy as source of power and burden of obligation, as spiritual calling and gift of the Spirit. Putting mandatory celibacy in historic perspective, he examines the ancient and contemporary experience of married clergy in the Eastern churches and the Roman rite church. Cozzens affirms celibacy as a charism, a gift that is true for some, but only when received as a grace.
On the Art of Teaching from the Initiatic Point of View (Complete Works, v. 29)
by Mikhael Aivanhov Omraam
Pastoral care has been traditionally understood as pastoral acts administered to individuals or small groups by an ordained or lay religious practitioner. As congregations in the twenty-first century begin to reclaim the missional nature of church, this view must be broadened to include care and concern for the needs of the larger community. A missional perspective of pastoral care embraces the notion that all of God's people-not just trained professionals-are called to partner in the healing an...
"Monsignor Franco is known as an engaging storyteller of his impactful time in the Church. Read this book and you will see why." - Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archdiocese of New York Six Popes: A Son of the Church Remembers is Monsignor Hilary C. Franco's engaging memoir and a story only a son can tell, a son not only of the Catholic Church, but also of Italian immigrants. From Belmont, his Bronx neighborhood, Franco rose to work with the highest and most influential figures of the Roman Catholic Ch...
Be Holy
The Pastor as Newcomer (Special Papers and Research Reports / Alban Institute)
by Roy M. Oswald
Learn how dynamics of the "honeymoon" period of transition create opportunities for you to seize -- and pitfalls for you to avoid. This report is the result of several studies from Alban's Pastorate Start-Up Research Project.
In Pursuit of His Glory is a revealing and moving personal account of R T Kendall's eventful and often turbulent 25-year tenure as Minister of Westminster Chapel, one of London's most historic Evangelical churches. He talks frankly about both the blessings and disappointments he has experienced in that time, including his touching relationship with Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and the pressures of succeeeding such a famous name; and some of the controversial changes he introduced, which in one instanc...
Thank You For Being An Awesome Wedding Officiant
by Fontastic Notebooks