Useful Wisdom: Letters to Young (and Not-So-Young) Ministers

Weve got a list of questions issues stuff were dealing with. We want your input your thoughts on this stuff. Such were the origins of this little book. Two young clergy early in their first call imagined that I might have some useful wisdom to pass on based on my own years in ministry. Something like this was once standard preparation. Young people learned a profession like law ministry or medicine by apprenticing themselves to one seasoned in the practice. Not only has that way of learning largely vanished but we now live in times of increasing segregation and suspicion between different generations. Still these two millennials bucked the trends. They thought they might have something to learn from an old boomer. The result is this collection of letters: personal wry direct and honest. Full of both hope and realism about the church and ministry. This collection will be a welcome companion for young and for many not so young clergy trying to get a handle on ministry in the midst of a time that is full of change and challenge.