Contents of Sharing the Practice, Autumn 2007, the Academy’s Journal

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Sharing the Practice -- Winter 2007 Issue 

 

     Articles and Book Reviews 

 

I'm pleased to announce that the winter issue of Sharing the Practice has been mailed to subscribers and members. Below is the list of articles found in this issue. If you're not a member or subscriber and these intrigue you -- check out the Academy of Parish Clergy's web site, www.apclergy.org and contact the Administrative Vice President, Dr. Paul Binder.

Blessings,

Bob Cornwall
Editor-in-Chief

  • Preaching Re-Imagined:  A hopeful way forward for those called to preach, Rev. Doug Pagitt. p. 3.  "I am writing with the assumption that most of you reading this have concluded what I have:  preaching doesn't work, at least not in the ways we hope."
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  • "Is There any Sorry Like My Sorry?":  Preaching from Lamentations, Rev. Dr. Jerry A. Gladson, APC, p. 5.  Once you feel the pathos that runs through a book like Lamentations, you easily sense this is a text that especially speaks to times when life seems to fall apart and the detitus blocks the way to the future.
  • Paul Tillich as Preacher, Ms. Courtney Wilder, p. 8.   Not every theologian must be a preacher, but Tillich does argue that every preacher should be a theologian.  Thus in order for one to proclaim the gospel, says Tillich, one must have an existential experience of asking the question of God, and express the faith of the church accordingly.
  • Writing Our Way Home in Teaching, Preaching and Soul Tending, Kent Ira Groff, APC, p. 11.  Writing can help us appreciate ministry.  Preaching, teaching, and soul tending extend an invitation to pen our way home and out into the world's need--the tides of contemplation and communicatiion.
  • Happy, Healthy, Shiny, Satisfied Clergy? Rev. Dr. John Crowe, APC, p. 13.  One ministry director stated that any job with 87 percent job satisfaction among those working in the field would have people waiting in line.  Yet, what is the latest news about seminary enrollment, recruiting younger perople into ordained ministry, and probably clergy shortages inv arious denominations?
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  • Reflections on Ministry - From the Academy:  Who is My Colleague?, Rev. Dr. David Imhoff, APC, p. 16.
  • Resources for Ministry:  Blogs and Web Links of Note, Editor Robert Cornwall, APC, p. 19.
  • "Tarred With the Same Brush," Forrest Fitzhugh, FAPC, Book Review Editor, p. 19..

 Book Reviews

ENTER EVERY TREMBLING HEART:  Prayers for Christian Worship.  By John Killinger.  Nashville:  Abington Press, 2003.  180 pp.

GOD, THE DEVIL, & HARRY POTTER.  By John Killinger.  New York:  St. Martin's Press.  2002, 196 pp.

TEN THINGS I LEARNED WRONG FROM A CONSERVATIVE CHURCH.  By John Killinger.  New York:  The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2002, 213 pp.

PREACHING TO EVERY PEW:  Cross-Cultural Strategy.  By James R. Nieman and Thomas G. Rogers.  Minneapolis:  Fortress Press, 2001.  159 pp.

AMERICAN GOSPEL:  God, th Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation.  By Jon Meacham.  New York:  Random House Paperbacks, 2006.  309 pp.

CHRISTMAS IS FOR THE YOUNG . . . WHATEVER THEIR AGE.  By William Powell Tuck, APC.  LIma, OH:  CSS Publishing Company, Inc. 2007.  172 pp.

THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.  By Paul L. Kitley, FAPC.  Franklin, TN:  Providence House Publishers, 2007.  64 pp.

PSALMS FOR LIFE:  Hearing and Praying the Book of Psalms.  By John Eaton.  Louisville, KY:  Westminster/John Knox Press.  2006. 389 pp.

ASPHALT JESUS:  Finding a New Christian Faith Along the Highways of America.  By Eric Elnes.  Forward by Diana Butler Bass.  San Francisco:  Jossey Bass, 2007.  xiv + 224 pp.

BEYOND MEGACHURCH MYTHS:  What We Can Learn from America's Largest Churches.  By Scott Thumma and Dave Travis.  Foreword by Rick Warren.  San Francisco:  Jossey Bass, 2007.  xxvii +224 pp.

PAUL:  In Fesh Perspective.  By N. T. Wright.  Minneapolis:  Fortress Press.  2005.  195 pp

GOD AND EMPIRE:  Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now.  By John Dominic Crossan.  San Francisco:  HarperSanFrancisco, 2007.  257 pp.

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS:  What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus' Birth.  By Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan.  San Francisco:  HarperOne, 2007.  x + 259 pp.

FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO.  (Film).  Directed by Daniel Karslake.  First Run Features, 2007.  DVD due in 2008.  97 min.

THE RULE OF BENEDICT:  Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World.  By David Gibson.  San Francisco:  HarperSanFrancisco, 2006.  290 pp.

YOUR CALLING AS A CHRISTIAN.  By Timothy L. Carson.  St. Louis:  Chalice Press, 2007.  88 pp.

INTELLIGENT DESIGN.  By William A. Dembski and Michael Ruse in Dialogue.  Edited by Robert B. Stewart.  Minneapolis:  Fortress Press, 2007.  218 pp.

CONGREGATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN ANXIOUS TIMES:  Being Calm and Courageous No Matter What.  By Peter L. Steinke.  Herndon, VA:  Alban Institute Press, 2007.  183 pp.

WHEN A CONGREGATION IS BETRAYED:  Responding to Clergy Misconduct.  Edited by Beth Ann Baede.  The Alban Institute, 2006.  xxv + 227 pp.

RADICAL WELCOME:  Embracing God, The Other, and the Spirit of Transformation.  By Stephanie Spellers, New York:  Church Publishing, 2006.  xi + 180 pages.


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