Resources for Clergy Discussion Groups
By Stephen McCutchan amzn.to/13VO446
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A Star and a Tear is available in print at $12 and on Kindle at $3.99. |
A Star and a Tear tells the story of a pastor who emerges from a period of grief to assist the police in tracing down a serial rapist with a religious fixation. To solve the mystery, the pastor must confront an embarrassing chapter in his own history and risk that which he values most.
The story explores the symbiotic relationship between sexuality and spirituality. Pastors have necessary boundaries but are also sexual beings subject to temptations. |
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Clergy Tales–Tails: Who Wags the Dog is available on Kindle for 99 cents. |
Clergy Tales—Tails: Who Wags the Dog? Two short stories and suggestions of resources for clergy self-care. Your Brother’s Blood explores how a pastor of a middle class congregation reconnects with an Hispanic seminarian friend and seeks to guide a presbytery in responding to issues around immigration. Never Off the Clock speaks of the pressures of ministry that is on call 24/7. |
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Clergy Tales–Tails: Wagging, Friendly But Exhausting is available on Kindle for 99 cents. |
Clergy Tales—Tails: Wagging, Friendly But Exhausting. A gift not received wrestles with pastoral envy and temptation as a small church pastor reaches out to a pastor of a mega church. “Did God Say” explores the financial temptations confronting a pastor who wants to appear successful to his family. The Tempting Fruit faces the challenges women face in ministry. Includes a family game about the pressures in ministry. |
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Clergy Tales–Tails: When God Wags the Tale is available on Kindle for 99 cents. |
Clergy Tales—Tails: When God Wags the Tale. Truth & Consequences follows a pastor’s response to a woman distraught about discovering her husband had an affair with a man. Hypocritical Oath confronts both violence and hypocrisy as one pastor talks to another pastor bent on suicide. A Grief Observed sees the effect of grief on pastors in the ministry Includes a spiritual exercise for clergy seeking renewal. |
ALL OF THESE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE INEXPENSIVELY AT amzn.to/13VO446 Why not invite a couple of pastors to lunch and explore having some stimulating and refreshing times together.
