Category: Book Review
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Six ways to grow ownership and accountability toward shared purpose
Six ways to grow ownership and accountability toward shared purpose How do you grow ownership and accountability amongst the people who share the journey within the faith community you lead? Being involved in a number of visioning days for different parishes and groups within ACSQ recently has got me reflecting on what it takes for…
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A New Lease of Life? Anglican Clergy Reflect on Retirement
By Bishop Bill Ray: “One of these [long retired] priests had already been serving his Tractarian parish for over fifty years. He smiled that he was already over seventy when the retirement legislation came into force, so clearly that was irrelevant for him” (p.1). This was the reaction of one priest when the Church of…
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Wise: Transforming Pastoral Ministry
The Right Rev’d Matt Brain, Bishop of Bendigo, says early in his new book Wise that: “The idea of ‘life-long learning’ has become a truism. However, if those called and deployed into pastoral ministry do not embrace the need to be continually learning, they will find their effectiveness dulled.” This book makes a significant contribution…