{"product_id":"images-of-ministry-herman-g-stuempfle-9780788005756","title":"Images of Ministry: Reflections of a Seminary President","description":"Why does ministry in the church so often resemble dull prose rather than sparkling poetry? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do we handle always getting top billing and being at center stage in the drama of parish life? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is the truth in Flannery O'Connor's observation that ministers should go about their work like \"experienced crooks\"? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan we really carry the treasure of the gospel in the always fragile, sometimes broken clay pots that are our lives? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do we get through the \"night duty,\" both literal and figurative, that is inevitable in ministry? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese are among the questions Stuempfle addresses in these reflections on a series of arresting images for public ministry in the church. Among them are such fresh metaphors for ministry as \"poets,\" \"spies,\" \"stars,\" \"nightwatchers,\" and \"thieves.\" They are offered as a lens through which pastors and others in church vocations can gain a new perspective on their complex and demanding calling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerman G. Stuempfle Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e former president of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, has spent most of a lifetime reflecting on ministry. Reared in a parsonage, he prepared for his own ministry at the same seminary. After more than a decade in parish ministry, he returned to Gettysburg where he taught preaching, served as dean and, for fourteen years, as its president. Among his many publications are \u003ci\u003ePreaching The Law And Gospel\u003c\/i\u003e, a widely used textbook for homiletics, and \u003ci\u003eTheological And Biblical Perspectives On The Laity\u003c\/i\u003e. He recently published a volume of hymn texts with GIA Publications titled \u003ci\u003eYour World Goes Forth\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herman G. Stuempfle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0788005758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780788005756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CSS Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.43w x 0.21d","brand":"Herman G. Stuempfle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45482041114879,"sku":"9780788005756","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_22ae279d-5e2e-46a0-a173-ea20cb5eaeee.jpg?v=1715988401","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/images-of-ministry-herman-g-stuempfle-9780788005756","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}