Practicing Christian Patience: Encouraging Community, Establishing Peace - Brossura

Bullock, Jeffrey L.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0819229083 ISBN 13: 9780819229083

Casa editrice: Morehouse Pub Co, 2014

Riassunto

· A fresh approach to church life and ecclesial health

· Addresses the concerns of leadership in challenging times

· Includes questions for reflection and study by individuals and groups

Patience may be the least understood and least practiced of the Christian virtues—and yet patience may be the most important virtue to today’s church, the virtue that can underpin our most faithful longing. Building on a theological, biblical, and historical foundation, the author lays out a case for patience as a distinctly Christian practice. Patience subverts the cycle of crisis and fear that shapes so much of our culture. Patience understands that urgency and haste are hallmarks of the secular world, not the church. Patience and attending to the Other, whether divine or human, is a modern day cornerstone of justice, holding us together in a timeless bond.

The author, a scholar and minister, has long wrestled with the notion that the church has to get out there and sell itself. In this book, he offers patience as an alternative way to address current issues and church growth.

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L'autore:

Jeffrey L. Bullock, D.Min., D.D. has served in parish ministry for over thirty two years and is a consultant, educator, and retreat leader, specializing in parish development. He is a fellow of the Seminary of the Southwest, a Lilly fellow, and a pastor/theologian for the Center of Theological Inquiry.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Morehouse Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0819229083
• ISBN 13: 9780819229083
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 95