From Midterms to Ministry: Practical

The distinguished contributors to this volume - ministers, scholars, and theological educators - share personal reflections on the sometimes-difficult transition from being a seminarian to becoming a minister. Based on their own life experiences, they address the two related but different "worlds" of theological school and ministry setting, each with its own set of expectations, values, challenges, focal points, and rewards. Contributors: Wallace M. Alston Jr. Ray S. Anderson M. Craig Barnes Elizabeth F. Caldwell Allan Hugh Cole Jr. Pamela D. Couture Kathy Dawson Carrie Doehring Michael Jinkins L. Gregory Jones Susan Pendleton Jones James F. Kay Cleophus J. LaRue Thomas G. Long Loren B. Mead Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore Earl F. Palmer Stephanie Paulsell Anthony B. Robinson Carol L. Schnabl Schweitzer Theodore J. Wardlaw Traci C. West William H. Willimon J. Philip Wogaman Karen Marie Yust

Allan Hugh Cole Jr. is the Nancy Taylor Williamson Associate Professor of Pastoral Care at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas

Foreword	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xiv
Introduction	p. xvii
The Essential Untidiness of Ministry	p. 1
Leadership, Pastoral Identity, and Friendship: Navigating the Transition from Seminary to the Parish	p. 13
Making the Transition: From a Theology of Ministry to a Ministry of Theology	p. 27
Pulpit Supply	p. 39
Blackduck	p. 51
Have You Asked a Good Question Today?	p. 65
Ministry and Clouds of Witnesses	p. 78
Fragile Connections: Constructing an Identity in the First Year of Ministry	p. 90
The Meandering Ministry	p. 104
The Furnace of Humiliation	p. 115
You Can Never Be Too Smart	p. 130
From Texas Pastor to Princeton Professor	p. 141
Contemplation in Action	p. 153
Spinning Gold from Straw: A Matter of Multiple Vocations	p. 164
Sustaining the Pastoral Life	p. 179
Gossip: The Grace Notes of Congregational Life	p. 191
Three Teachers	p. 204
Bearing a Memory, Sticking Out Like a Sore Thumb, Expressing a Hope	p. 213
A Different Kind of Transition	p. 225
Learning to Build Christian Community: Males, Whites, Heterosexuals Wanted for Leadership	p. 237
What a Minister Is to Do	p. 250
Blooming Where We Are Planted	p. 263
Between Two Worlds	p. 274
Lessons Learned	p. 287
Contributors	p. 301
Index of Names	p. 308
Index of Subjects	p. 312
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From Midterms to Ministry: Practical Theologians on Pastoral Beginnings

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