{"product_id":"diary-of-a-pastors-soul-the-holy-moments-in-a-life-of-ministry-9781587434440","title":"Diary of a Pastor's Soul: The Holy Moments in a Life of Ministry","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2021 Award of Merit (The Church\/Pastoral Leadership)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiary of a Pastor's Soul\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a fictionalized pastor, embarking on his final year before retirement, who reflects on the experiences and relationships that have formed his vocation and shaped his soul over a lifetime of pastoral ministry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on his own experiences, seasoned pastor Craig Barnes invites readers to embrace the life lessons of a pastor who has been formed by his failures and his fleeting moments of glory, but most of all by discovering the holy in the routine but often quirky duties of being a parish pastor.\u003cbr\u003eThrough 52 weekly thematic entries, Barnes presents spirituality in narrative form through a collection of interwoven stories about learning to love others with curiosity, amazement, vulnerability, and most of all gratitude for the grace found in flawed lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarnes's fictionalized diary approach creatively shows how the pastoral vocation forms mind, heart, and soul, helping pastors make sense of their own calling. With unvarnished honesty, this book eloquently illustrates a lifetime of ministry, revealing how \"the Holy haunts the landscape of life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. Craig Barnes \u003c\/b\u003e(PhD, University of Chicago) is president of Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey, where he also serves as professor of pastoral ministry. He previously taught at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and has pastored several churches. Barnes frequently speaks and preaches across the country, writes regularly for the \u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eSearching for Home\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen God Interrupts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Sacred Thirst\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Hustling God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Pastor as Minor Poet\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYearning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brazos Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525303963922,"sku":"9781587434440","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_082b55e2-d286-4fa0-8ff4-d08bcbf04df4.jpg?v=1731213462","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/diary-of-a-pastors-soul-the-holy-moments-in-a-life-of-ministry-9781587434440","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}