Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Ordination

Martin Luther, The Nobility of the Ministry

Barbara Brown Taylor, Vacation

Faith and order Paper No. 111, Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry

Ministry for the Twenty-first Century

Richard Lischer, the Ebenezer Gospel

The Pastor as Priest

William H. Willimon, Liturgy and Leadership: Priest and Pastor

Robert W. Hovda, Liturgical Celebration

The Priest as Pastor

Eugene H. Peterson, On Being Unnecessary

Richard Lischer, The real Presence

The Pastor as Interpreter of Scripture

Thomas G. Long, Preaching as Bearing Witness

Eugene Peterson, Back to Square One: God Said

The Pastor as Preacher

St. Chrysostom, Temptations of the Teacher

P.T. Forsyth, the Preacher and his Church

Harry Emerson Fosdick, Learning to Preach

Richard Lischer, Help Me, Jesus

The Pastor as Counselor

Henri J. Nouwen, The Wounded Healer

Cyprian, (On) Facing Martyrdom

Samuel D. Proctor, The Pastor of Intercessor

The Pastor as Teacher

Will D. Campbell, Brother to a Dragonfly

Reinhold Niebuhr, Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic

George herbert, The Contry Parson

The Pastor as Evangelist

Lesslie Newbigin, The Pastor as Evangelist

St. Augustine, Confessions

The Pastor as Prophet

Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon, Empowerment of Ministry

The Pastor as Leader

MArtin Luther King Jr. , Letter for Birmingham Jail

Daniel Mark Epstein, Sister Aimee

The Pastor as Character

St. Chrysostom, The Glory of the Priesthood

The Pastor as Disciplined Christian

Richard John Neuhaus, The Pursuit of Holiness

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Preacher's Private Prayer