Working the Angles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Working the Angles write by Eugene Peterson. This book was released on 1989-05-12. Working the Angles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. American pastors, says Eugene Peterson, are abandoning their posts at an alarming rate. They are not leaving their churches and getting other jobs. Instead, they have become "a company of shopkeepers, and the shops they keep are churches." Pastors and the communities they serve have become preoccupied with image and standing, with administration, measurable success, sociological impact, and economic viability. In Working the Angles, Peterson calls the attention of his fellow pastors to three basic acts--which he sees as the three angles of a triangle--that are so critical to the pastoral ministry that they determine the shape of everything else. The acts--prayer, reading Scripture, and giving spiritual direction--are acts of attention to God in three different contexts: oneself, the community of faith, and another person. Only by being attentive to these three critical acts, says Peterson, can pastors fulfill their prime responsibility of keeping the religious community attentive to God. Written out of the author's own experience as pastor of a "single pastor church," this well-written, provocative book will be stimulating reading for lay Christians and pastors alike.
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Angle of Repose write by Wallace Stegner. This book was released on 2000-12-01. Angle of Repose available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Stegner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of personal, historical, and geographic discovery Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of America's western frontier. But his research reveals even more about his own life than he's willing to admit. What emerges is an enthralling portrait of four generations in the life of an American family. "Cause for celebration . . . A superb novel with an amplitude of scale and richness of detail altogether uncommon in contemporary fiction." —The Atlantic Monthly "Brilliant . . . Two stories, past and present, merge to produce what important fiction must: a sense of the enchantment of life." —Los Angeles Times This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Jackson J. Benson. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work
Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work write by Eugene H. Peterson. This book was released on 1992-10-22. Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Whereas much of the current literature on pastoring stresses up-to-date training and new techniques stemming from the behavioral sciences, Eugene Peterson here calls for returning to an "old" resource--the Bible--as the basis for all of pastoral ministry. Originally published in 1980 and now being reprinted to meet continuing demand, Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work shows how five Old Testament books provide a solid foundation for much of what a pastor does: Prayer-Directing: Song of Songs Story-Making: Ruth Pain-Sharing: Lamentations Nay-Saying: Ecclesiastes Community-Building: Esther Pointing to the relevance of ancient wisdom, adapting Jewish religious tradition to contemporary pastoral practice, and affirming a significant link between pastoral work and the act of worship, this book opens up to pastors a wealth of valuable practical-theological insights.
All the Right Angles
All the Right Angles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook All the Right Angles write by Joel Levy. This book was released on 2013. All the Right Angles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A visual reference to the mathematics of sports.
Toughest People to Love
Toughest People to Love - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Toughest People to Love write by Chuck DeGroat. This book was released on 2014-05-29. Toughest People to Love available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. People -- frustrating, confusing, disappointing, complicated -- are the most difficult part of leadership, and they challenge leaders everywhere, from leaders of many to managers of a few. In this book Chuck DeGroat addresses the flawed nature of people and offers wisdom for leaders of all types in dealing with just about anyone who is difficult to lead and to love. Toughest People to Love explores the basics of how people "tick," encouraging leaders to examine and take care of themselves so that they can better understand and care for others. Based on DeGroat's wealth of experience as a pastor, professor, and therapist, this book -- both wise and practical -- is one that countless leaders will go back to time and again for valuable insights and renewed vision.
