Face to Face
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Face to Face

Meeting Christ in Friend and Stranger

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 23 Dec |Learn more

Face to Face

Meeting Christ in Friend and Stranger

About this book

Priests and pastoral caregivers often accompany people who are struggling to negotiate experiences of sickness, bereavement or anxiety. There are no easy answers in such situations, no formulaic remedies, no slick theological explanations. The process of being present, listening and responding is demanding and requires skills and wisdom beyond ministers' own experience. Often, caregivers feel they receive more than they give in such encounters. Samuel Wells reflects theologically and pastorally on twenty such encounters that were both hugely challenging and hugely instructive for him. The result is a book of profound practical wisdom and understanding that will inform and enrich pastoral ministry for all who read it. An extended introduction on the nature and practice of pastoral ministry introduces these memorable and moving accounts.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 The Finger of Judgement
  8. 2 Faint Hope
  9. 3 Slipped In
  10. 4 A Question without an Answer
  11. 5 Meeting God in the Bedroom
  12. 6 Confession
  13. 7 Curate’s Egg
  14. 8 Greater Love
  15. 9 Our Place in the Story
  16. 10 Reunion
  17. 11 If We Dare Ask
  18. 12 The Banality of Failure
  19. 13 Baptism
  20. 14 Clear Out
  21. 15 Love and Death
  22. 16 From the Dust
  23. 17 Are Clergy Christians?
  24. 18 Hanging Out
  25. 19 Making Amends
  26. 20 Resurrection
  27. 21 First Impressions
  28. Copyright