Omschrijving
What does it really mean to be a parish priest in today’s pressurised and changing church? A range of contributors explore first-hand the contradictions and paradoxes of a priest’s daily life, focusing on presence and prayer. Urgent yet optimistic, they seek a renewed understanding of ministry and mission in our current cultural landscape.
The ministry that is evoked in this book is one that seeks above all to allow God to be God.’
'This wonderful book should be compulsory reading for anyone who values the Church of England and cares about its future.'
"A confident, grounded, lively and timely book... it celebrates the local as the place of the eternal."
Jessica Martin was formerly a Fellow in English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, and after several years as a priest in a multi-parish benefice, is now a Residentiary Canon of Ely Cathedral. Sarah Coakley is Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, honorary Canon of Ely Cathedral, and co-founder of the Littlemore group and has spent eight years in associate parish ministry in the USA and UK.