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In this brief, lively, and engaging book, Dr. Bruce Epperly
untangles the difficult concepts of process theology and shows how
we can envision a God who is in relation to us throughout our lives
here and in the next world. He believes that "God is present at the
moment of our conception, guides us through the adventures of this
lifetime, urging us to rejoice in embodiment and bring healing to
our world, and upon our final earthly breath receives us with open
arms with visions of future adventures in communion with God and
our fellow creatures." Not only is this theology easy to
understand, it challenges us to live out God's adventure in with
joy, sharing God's life with all of God's creatures.
Tending to the Holy: The Practice of the Presence of God in
Ministry invites pastors to embody their deepest beliefs in the
routine and surprising tasks of ministry. Inspired by Brother
Lawrence's classic text in spirituality, Tending to the Holy
integrates the wisdom and practices of the Christian spiritual
tradition with the commonplace practices of pastoral ministry.
Bruce and Katherine Epperly utilize a variety of spiritual
disciplines especially Benedictine, Celtic, Ignatian, Rhineland,
and process spiritualities to provide a framework for helping
clergy nurture the awareness of God, creative imagination, and
personal well-being in every aspect of their ministerial lives.
Practicing God's presence in the ordinary tasks of ministry
inspires wholeness, spiritual transformation, vision, imagination,
endurance, and healthy self-differentiation in ministry. Commitment
to joining spiritual practices with the routine and repetitive
tasks of ministry provides an important antidote to unhealthy
stress, burnout, and loss of vision in ministry. By seeing their
congregational leadership in terms of spiritual transformation,
imaginative practice, and relational interdependence, ordinary
ministerial practices can become ways pastors can deepen their
relationship with God. Growing out of their work with pastors at
every season of ministry, as well as combined ministerial
experience of nearly sixty years, Bruce and Katherine Epperly
invite pastoral leaders to complement and expand on their
understanding of spiritual leadership, pastoral excellence, and
self-care, integrating traditional and contemporary spiritual
practices with the concrete arts of ministry.
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