04520cam a2200625Ia 4500 ocn859581878 OCoLC 20200709055935.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 131007s2013 ilu ob 001 0 eng d YDXCP eng pn YDXCP N$T CFT E7B OCLCO DTM OCLCO EBLCP OCLCQ OCLCF OCLCQ NZABT BETBC VTS RVA STF AU@ OCLCQ WYU OCLCO OCLCQ DTM 861529670 9781461942337 (electronic bk.) 1461942330 (electronic bk.) 9780830864638 (e-book) 0830864636 (e-book) 9780830841028 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 0830841024 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 637814 (N$T) (OCoLC)859581878 (OCoLC)861529670 BV4011.3 .R66 2013eb REL 074000 bisacsh 253 23 MAIN Root, Andrew, 1974- The relational pastor : sharing in Christ by sharing ourselves / Andrew Root. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books = InterVarsity Press, ©2013. 1 online resource (254 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Reshifting pastoral ministry: an introduction -- New energy, new communications, new consciousness ... new ministry -- Transitioning from the pastor as self-help entertainer: what relational ministry can't & must become -- Sipping the sweet, hard liquor of individualism -- All the lonely people: pastoral ministry & the field of the personal -- What is a person?: recovering a Christian definition of people -- Empathy, it's a spirit thing: why we're built for relationships -- Can I read your mind?: brain science & relational ministry -- New visions of incarnational ministry: beyond our being incarnate -- Relational ministry as gift: union, need & the pastor -- Sharing is more than what you learned in kindergarten: relational ministry & the hypostatic union -- The place between: how we encounter Christ in relationships -- A quick Pauline excursion: sharing and place in Paul: it's all about the in -- Will you pray for me?: prayer as the essential practice for relational ministry -- What this looks like: how story, teaching & preaching fit -- I've got to run the church don't I?: leadership as letting relationships flow -- Portraits of relational pastors. Print version record. One of the Academy of Parish Clergy's ""Top 10 Books of 2013 for Parish Ministry""When is the last time you asked yourself hard questions about why you were pursuing certain relationships in your ministry? Could it be that the end game for many of us is not relationship per se but loyalty, adherence, even submission? The sheep in our flock become the means to our end: pastoring becomes less about the people of God and more about maintenance of the status quo-and, if we are willing to recognize it, the elevation of our pastoral status. Here practical theologian Andy Root dissects relational min. Master record variable field(s) change: 050 Pastoral theology. Interpersonal relations Religious aspects Christianity. RELIGION Christian Ministry Pastoral Resources. bisacsh Interpersonal relations Religious aspects Christianity. fast (OCoLC)fst00977419 Pastoral theology. fast (OCoLC)fst01054694 Electronic books. Print version: Root, Andrew, 1974- Relational pastor. Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, ©2013 0830864636 (DLC) 2012045946 ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10757571 EBSCOhost https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=637814 ProQuest Ebook Central https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=2036464 ProQuest Ebook Central https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=3316450 http://VH7QX3XE2P.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=VH7QX3XE2P&S=JCs&C=TC0001000575&T=marc&tab=BOOKS EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL2036464 ebrary EBRY ebr10757571 EBSCOhost EBSC 637814 YBP Library Services YANK 11119766 92 N$T 53801 53801