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The Safest Place on
Earth by Larry Crabb
Where People Connect and are Forever
Changed
Larry Crabb believes that, rather than a place for people to
display their goodness and hide their failures in fear of
censure, the church should be open, supportive, and
compassionate in dealing with our weaknesses. It should be a
place of spiritual community where people understand that
brokenness is the pathway to a deeper relationship with God and
others. Where people connect in ways that create a passion for
God deeper than all other passions. Where people believe in the
power of spiritual friendships as the best care for hurting
souls. Where people reach that sacred place of vulnerability
where lives are forever changed.
"The honesty and urgency that characterizes these pages is
a welcome contrast to the prevailing entrepreneurial spirit of
our age that turns community into a commodity."—Eugene
Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology, Regent
College
"This book casts the vision of the heart of God for the
church as community, and spoke to some of my deepest personal
longings. I cannot recommend it highly enough."—James
Emery White, author of You
Can Experience a Spiritual Life.
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Churchquake by
C. Peter Wagner
How the New Apostolic Reformation Is
Shaking
Up the Church As We Know It
Wagner identifies and examines the core philosophy of
the present-day apostolic church network, one of the fastest
growing groups of churches in the world. He reveals how this
grassroots phenomenon is raising up alliances of
nondenominational churches and leaders worldwide to help fulfill
the Great Commission.
"Churchquake! reveals God's plan for a new model of church
in the 21st century-a model that will help us fulfill the Great
Commission in our lifetime. I recommend this book highly."—
John C. Maxwell, Founder, INJOY
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Peterson
on Pastoring
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Five Smooth Stones for
Pastoral Work
by Eugene H. Peterson
A Return to Basic, Biblical Resources
for Pastoral Work
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, story-making, pain-sharing,
nay-saying and community-building. This book opens up to pastors
a wealth of valuable practical-theological insights.
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Working the Angles
by Eugene H. Peterson
The Shape of Pastoral Integrity
Peterson issues a provocative call for pastors to abandon their
preoccupation with image and standing, administration, success,
and economic viability, and to return to the three basic acts
critical to the pastoral ministry: praying, reading Scripture,
and giving spiritual direction.
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Under the Unpredictable
Plant
by Eugene H. Peterson
An Exploration in Vocational Holiness
In this book Peterson clarifies the pastoral vocation by turning
to the book of Jonah, in which he finds a captivating,
subversive story that can help pastors recover their
"vocational holiness". Peterson probes the spiritual
dimensions of the pastoral calling and seeks to reclaim the
ground taken over by those who are trying to enlist pastors in
religious careers.
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The Contemplative
Pastor
by Eugene H. Peterson
Returning to the Art of Spiritual
Direction
Pastor-teacher Eugene Peterson has written a book of wisdom and
refreshment for busy pastors illustrated with engaging personal
anecdotes and including poetic reflections on the Beatitudes and
discussions of such themes as curing souls, the language of
prayer, the ministry of small talk, and sabbatical.
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