Description
At the start published in 1980 and now being reprinted to fulfill continuing demand, Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work shows how five Old Testament books provide an excellent foundation for a lot of what a pastor does:
- Prayer-Directing: Song of Songs
- Story-Making: Ruth
- Pain-Sharing: Lamentations
- Nay-Saying: Ecclesiastes
- Community-Building: Esther
Pointing to the relevance of ancient wisdom, adapting Jewish spiritual tradition to latest pastoral practice, and affirming an important link between pastoral work and the act of worship, this book opens as much as pastors a wealth of valuable practical-theological insights.