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Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.38 — 4,485 ratings — published 2012
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,396 ratings — published 2002
The Reformed Pastor (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.27 — 4,211 ratings — published 1656
Lectures to My Students (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.47 — 4,091 ratings — published 1889
The Trellis and the Vine: The Ministry Mind-Shift that Changes Everything (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,753 ratings — published 2009
The Shepherd Leader: Achieving Effective Shepherding in Your Church (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,144 ratings — published 2010
The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction (The Pastoral Series #4)
by (shelved 19 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,411 ratings — published 1987
Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity (The Pastoral series, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,570 ratings — published 1987
The Wounded Healer (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.23 — 13,028 ratings — published 1971
Under the Unpredictable Plant an Exploration in Vocational Holiness (The Pastoral series, #3)
by (shelved 17 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,357 ratings — published 1992
The Care of Souls: Cultivating a Pastor's Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.33 — 984 ratings — published
Zeal without Burnout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,077 ratings — published 2016
Church Elders: How to Shepherd God's People Like Jesus (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches)
by (shelved 16 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.43 — 2,053 ratings — published 2014
The Imperfect Pastor: Discovering Joy in Our Limitations through a Daily Apprenticeship with Jesus (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,309 ratings — published 2015
Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.48 — 3,881 ratings — published 2015
Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change (Resources for Changing Lives)
by (shelved 16 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.38 — 10,065 ratings — published 2002
The Pastor: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.46 — 3,930 ratings — published 2011
Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work (The Pastoral series, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.22 — 937 ratings — published 1980
Far From the Madding Crowd (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as pastoral)
avg rating 3.97 — 166,015 ratings — published 1874
Tess of the D’Urbervilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as pastoral)
avg rating 3.84 — 302,266 ratings — published 1891
Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.29 — 3,402 ratings — published 1994
In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.30 — 13,253 ratings — published 1989
On Being a Pastor: Understanding Our Calling and Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.20 — 680 ratings — published 1989
The Supremacy of God in Preaching (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.38 — 2,674 ratings — published 1990
Pastoral Ministry: How to Shepherd Biblically (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.12 — 415 ratings — published 1995
Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.23 — 2,381 ratings — published 1986
The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.29 — 6,123 ratings — published 1990
Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.15 — 3,191 ratings — published 1980
Preaching and Preachers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.49 — 3,329 ratings — published 1972
The Christian Ministry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.41 — 455 ratings — published 2015
The Book of Pastoral Rule (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.16 — 777 ratings — published 600
The Work of The Pastor (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.28 — 395 ratings — published 1996
Expositional Preaching: How We Speak God's Word Today (Building Healthy Churches)
by (shelved 11 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,221 ratings — published 2014
Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus (Building Healthy Churches)
by (shelved 11 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,417 ratings — published 2016
Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.28 — 32,284 ratings — published 1939
Lead: 12 Gospel Principles for Leadership in the Church (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.42 — 2,703 ratings — published 2020
On Pastoring: A Short Guide to Living, Leading, and Ministering as a Pastor (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.47 — 404 ratings — published
Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.29 — 5,169 ratings — published 1997
Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.43 — 2,888 ratings — published 2012
Between Two Worlds: The Challenge of Preaching Today (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,428 ratings — published 1982
The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.54 — 594 ratings — published 2013
The Deliberate Church: Building Your Ministry on the Gospel (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,075 ratings — published 2005
The Pastor as Scholar and the Scholar as Pastor: Reflections on Life and Ministry (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.18 — 438 ratings — published 2011
A Grief Observed (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.22 — 95,739 ratings — published 1961
Ministries of Mercy: The Call of the Jericho Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,446 ratings — published 1989
A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,078 ratings — published
Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.49 — 62,139 ratings — published 2020
Why Johnny Can't Preach (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,253 ratings — published 2009
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.20 — 14,028 ratings — published 2009
Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pastoral)
avg rating 4.29 — 621 ratings — published 1987
“I sit by the lotus-lake, eat God,
& count water-pearls over waxy
petals. Again, I unpeel
the black sky & trace teal mountains.”
―
& count water-pearls over waxy
petals. Again, I unpeel
the black sky & trace teal mountains.”
―
“I mentioned how I had lived in the oil boom. I described the buttes of the badlands. The smell of the sage. The yolk-yellow breasts of the sage grass. How if you sat long enough, waited for the golden hour, then the entire sweep of the badlands surged into a riot of reds and purples and golds. I told him how there were ponderosa pines tucked into the southwestern pocket of North Dakota, but that they looked shrimpy compared to the ones here, in the rain-forest of the Olympics.”
― Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land
― Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land










