Letters to a Young Pastor

A beloved pastoral voice shares hard'won wisdom for the next generation of leaders. Some of what you need to know youll learn after seminary; sorry, theres no other way. Pastor, poet, author, painter, and professor, Calvin Miller finds himself in good health and spirits at the age of 74, having survived the heydays of evangelicalism. His desire is to share some hard won wisdom with the new generation of pastors. Many things have changed over Dr. Millers pastoral years, from switchboards to smartphones and big'haired evangelists to cigar'smoking emergents. But two things remain the same God is love and people are broken. A warm, honest, and often humorous collection of letters to young pastors and leaders, encouraging them to fight the good fight, stay the course, and remember who the Author and Finisher of our faith really is.

Calvin Miller was pastor of Westside Church, Omaha, Nebraska, for twenty-five years. After teaching seven years at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he joined the faculty of Samford University\u2019s Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama, where he is professor of preaching and pastoral ministry. He is the author of more than forty books.