Called to Love: Discernment, Decision Making and Ministry

Tomkinson, Raymond

ISBN 10: 0334044170 / ISBN 13: 9780334044178

Editore: SCM Press, 2012

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Titolo: Called to Love: Discernment, Decision Making...

Casa editrice: SCM Press

Data di pubblicazione: 2012

Legatura: Brossura

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Riassunto:

Life comprises a series of transitions: from childhood to adolescence, adulthood, senescence, death and life beyond death. Christian life is graced by transition into Christlikeness which requires us to make choices, continually, to remain faithful to Christ. At times of transition we seek the will of God as we journey through life making decisions about what to do and where to go next in the service of God and our neighbour. This experience is common to all Christians but in Called to Love the focus is on those in ordained ministry and those aspiring to ordination and explores how we discern God's will and how we make decisions about the direction of our ministry. At the heart of our ministry is love, but how is Love best served. Does the freedom which Love bestows allow us, as individuals and the Church of God, to employ such decision making methods as seem best to us? What can organisational practices in decision making can offer us? Raymond Tomkinson considers how we articulate the stirrings of the heart to others.

Recensione:

Called to Love is a beautiful book, disconcertingly accessible and crystal clear. Raymond Tomkinson has the art of the story-teller, and the stories reveal both theological depth and pastoral wisdom. Its messages will resonate with ordinands and clergy, but with others too who sense God's call to love and wonder how to respond. --The Rt Revd Michael Perham, Bishop of Gloucester