{"product_id":"the-art-of-pastoring-david-hansen-9780830841042","title":"The Art of Pastoring: Ministry Without All the Answers (Revised)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the Top Ten Books by the Academy of Parish Clergy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHundreds of books, tapes, workshops and seminars promise to answer these impossible questions. Some offer a set of practical guidelines; others suggest a system or pattern to follow. Some stress various ministry functions; others feature case studies as models of success or failure. Some are helpful. Others are not. But in \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Pastoring, \u003c\/i\u003e David Hansen turns pastoral self-help programs on their heads. He tackles the perennial questions from within his own experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Inside Out\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHansen's fresh, bold narrative grows from nearly a decade of ministry. He draws you into his life and into the lives of Florence-Victor Parish in the mountains of Montana, including unforgettable encounters with unforgettable people--a stubborn pioneer woman who still chops her own firewood though she's blind and 90 years old, a championship rodeo cowboy who was baptized in his boots, and many more. Hansen's goal is to help you discover \"that pastoral ministry is a life, not a technology . . . [that] life as a pastor is far more than the sum of the tasks I carry out. It is a call from God that involves my whole life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Calling to Living Parable\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery pastor has encountered those who struggle to hear God's voice in a hospital room, who reach for Jesus in the sacraments. No systematic answers can meet their deep, eternal needs. What can touch them, Hansen contends, is a life itself, a life lived as a parable of Jesus. \"As a parable of Jesus Christ,\" Hansen writes, \"I deliver something to the parishioner that I am not, and in the process I deliver the parishioner into the hands of God.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is this knack for getting to the heart of things that makes \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Pastoring\u003c\/i\u003e valuable for pastors in any setting--rural, suburban or urban. Parachurch workers, missionaries, church leaders and ministry volunteers will also find inspiration here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this significantly revised new edition, Hansen includes new insights into his view of pastorate as parable and adds a new postlude in which he comes clean on his \"constant attempts to leave the ministry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Hansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0830841040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780830841042\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e IVP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"David Hansen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044548276479,"sku":"9780830841042","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_69d6a619-3adc-442a-885a-5f7f3c4d6978.jpg?v=1684973489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-pastoring-david-hansen-9780830841042","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}