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Tending to the Holy: The Practice of the Presence of God in Ministry
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Tending to the Holy: The Practice of the Presence of God in Ministry Paperback - 2009

by Epperly, Bruce G., Epperly, Katherine Gould

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  • Title Tending to the Holy: The Practice of the Presence of God in Ministry
  • Author Epperly, Bruce G., Epperly, Katherine Gould
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Collectible - Very Good
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Date 2009-10-02
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SB12E-01910
  • ISBN 9781566993913 / 1566993911
  • Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Religious
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Spirituality, Church work
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009021026
  • Dewey Decimal Code 248.892

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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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About the author

Bruce G. Epperly serves as Director of Continuing Education and Professor of Practical Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary and is ordained in the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He is the author or co-author of sixteen books, including Holy Adventure: Forty-one Days of Audacious Living. Katherine Gould Epperly is also an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. Together, Bruce and Kate serve as co-pastors of Disciples United Community Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They have co-written four books, including Four Seasons of Ministry: Gathering a Harvest of Righteousness.