The Pastor's Bookshelf: Why Reading Matters for Ministry Carty Austin
The Pastor's Bookshelf: Why Reading Matters for Ministry Carty Austin Hearts & Minds Best Books List (2022)Christianity Today Award of Merit in Church & Pastoral Leadership (2023)It's time to give…
Specifikacia The Pastor's Bookshelf: Why Reading Matters for Ministry Carty Austin
The Pastor's Bookshelf: Why Reading Matters for Ministry Carty Austin
Hearts & Minds Best Books List (2022)Christianity Today Award of Merit in Church & Pastoral Leadership (2023)It's time to give pastors permission to read books besides the Bible.Six months into his first senior pastorate, Austin Carty sat in his office reading--not the Bible, not a commentary, not a theological tract, but a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. And then anxious. As the minutes turned to hours, while he sat engrossed in this book, he noticed something: he began feeling uneasy.
What would someone think if they opened the door and caught him reading fiction?For busy pastors (is there any other kind?), time spent reading feels hard to justify, especially when it's not for sermon prep. And then guilty. But what if reading felt less like a luxury and more like a vocational responsibility--a spiritual
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