A Life at the Crossroads
eBook - ePub

A Life at the Crossroads

An Autobiography

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Life at the Crossroads

An Autobiography

About this book

A Life at the Crossroads tells the story of a Minnesota farm boy who became an inner-city pastor, high-profile denominational executive, and the last president of the world's most historic seminary (Gettysburg Lutheran). Cooper-White, who is also a commercial pilot and flight instructor, pursued journalism following his ministerial career. In clear and winsome prose, he shares his personal autobiography along with a treasure trove of twentieth-century ecclesiastical history. From facing machine guns in Chile and El Salvador to taking on church controversies over sexuality and ecumenical initiatives, to leading consolidation of two rival seminaries, Cooper-White's is the story of a cleric who took seriously the call to be a public theologian. The consolidation of the two institutions, which had failed in a half-dozen previous attempts, offers a case study in patient and persistent long-term leadership.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Prologue: Looking Through the Crossroads Prism
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Introduction: Not Just the Facts, but “What Does This Mean?”
  5. Chapter 1: Roots in Germany and the American Midwest
  6. Chapter 2: Growing Up in the 1950’s and 60’s
  7. Chapter 3: Moving East and from Law to Gospel
  8. Chapter 4: Chile: A Life-Changing Pilgrimage
  9. Chapter 5: Back to the U.S. and Final Year of Seminary
  10. Chapter 6: The Angelica Years: Farm Boy Becomes City Shepherd
  11. Chapter 7: Coalition and Synodical Ministry: A Dozen Years of Syzygy
  12. Chapter 8: Serving a New Church and Unity-Challenged Synod
  13. Chapter 9: The Chicago Years: Living in the Whole Church
  14. Chapter 10: Gettysburg Seminary: My Early Years on the Ridge
  15. Chapter 11: Seminary in an Era of Historic Transformation
  16. Chapter 12: Gettysburg’s Surprising Final Chapter
  17. Chapter 13: Endgame: Historic Seminary’s Last President
  18. Chapter 14: An Active Retirement
  19. End Word: Summing It All Up (Thus Far!)