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The Pastor's Bookshelf : Why Reading Matters for Ministry / Austin Carty.
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TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2022Description: xiv, 168 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780802879103
- 253 23 C3295
- BV4013 .C37 2022
Contents:
Summary: "Encouragement and support for pastors developing a rich daily reading life for the sake of personal and professional formation"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: "It's time to give pastors permission to read books beside the Bible-even fiction. Six months into his first senior pastorate, Austin Carty sat in his office reading-not the Bible, not a commentary, not a theological tract, but a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. As the minutes turned to hours, while he sat engrossed in this book, he noticed something: he began feeling uneasy. And then anxious. And then guilty. What would someone think if they opened the door and caught him reading fiction? For busy pastors (is there any other kind?), time spent reading feels hard to justify, especially when it's not for sermon prep. But what if reading felt less like a luxury and more like a vocational responsibility-a spiritual practice that bore fruit in every aspect of ministry, from preaching to pastoral care to church leadership? Austin Carty believes that this is exactly how pastors ought to think about reading. The Pastor's Bookshelf shows how worthwhile reading is more about formation than information and how, through reading, a pastor becomes a fuller, more enriched human being with a deeper capacity for wisdom and love, better equipped to understand and work for God's kingdom"-- Provided by publisher.
Machine generated contents note: Table of ContentsIntroduction: Permission to Read Freely -- Part One: All the Reading We Don't Remember: Reading for Formation -- 1. On Formation -- 2. Formation vs. Information -- 3. On Information -- 4. Developing Wisdom -- 5. Learning to Love -- Part Two: Not Just a Luxury: Reading for Ministry -- 6. Reading for Preaching -- 7. Reading for Pastoral Care -- 8. Reading for Vision Casting -- 9. Reading for Leadership -- Part Three: For Whatever Reason: How to Become a Pastor-Reader -- 10. Reading as a Pastoral Visit -- 11. Reading as a Spiritual Discipline -- 12. Reading with a Proper Spirit -- 13. Choosing What to Read -- 14. How to Mark and File What You've Read -- 15. Reading Scripture as a Pastor-Reader -- Postscript.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: Table of ContentsIntroduction: Permission to Read Freely -- Part One: All the Reading We Don't Remember: Reading for Formation -- 1. On Formation -- 2. Formation vs. Information -- 3. On Information -- 4. Developing Wisdom -- 5. Learning to Love -- Part Two: Not Just a Luxury: Reading for Ministry -- 6. Reading for Preaching -- 7. Reading for Pastoral Care -- 8. Reading for Vision Casting -- 9. Reading for Leadership -- Part Three: For Whatever Reason: How to Become a Pastor-Reader -- 10. Reading as a Pastoral Visit -- 11. Reading as a Spiritual Discipline -- 12. Reading with a Proper Spirit -- 13. Choosing What to Read -- 14. How to Mark and File What You've Read -- 15. Reading Scripture as a Pastor-Reader -- Postscript.
"Encouragement and support for pastors developing a rich daily reading life for the sake of personal and professional formation"-- Provided by publisher.
"It's time to give pastors permission to read books beside the Bible-even fiction. Six months into his first senior pastorate, Austin Carty sat in his office reading-not the Bible, not a commentary, not a theological tract, but a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. As the minutes turned to hours, while he sat engrossed in this book, he noticed something: he began feeling uneasy. And then anxious. And then guilty. What would someone think if they opened the door and caught him reading fiction? For busy pastors (is there any other kind?), time spent reading feels hard to justify, especially when it's not for sermon prep. But what if reading felt less like a luxury and more like a vocational responsibility-a spiritual practice that bore fruit in every aspect of ministry, from preaching to pastoral care to church leadership? Austin Carty believes that this is exactly how pastors ought to think about reading. The Pastor's Bookshelf shows how worthwhile reading is more about formation than information and how, through reading, a pastor becomes a fuller, more enriched human being with a deeper capacity for wisdom and love, better equipped to understand and work for God's kingdom"-- Provided by publisher.
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