Parish Poet

Tim Keel pastor of Jacobs Well Church in Kansas City Missouri has written a wonderful book on the leadership potential of the Church if we all would realize where we have co-opted the ways and beliefs of the modern era.

As an aspiring Pastor I have watched with great interest the changes that are going on in relationship to a post modern culture vs. a modern culture and how modernism has affected our church life, and for the worse in most cases. You could use the term “Emergent” to explain it if you wish. There is more, very much more to it though.

This book is part spiritual memoir and a lot of practical advise on how to ask better questions. As spiritual leaders we are expected to have answers to every life question no matter how mundane or how complex. The beauty of this book is that it teaches and encourages the pastor to allow creativity to flow and allow questions to go unanswered, or to allow the congregation to go in search of the answer via any number of ways.

This book is broken up into 3 sections. What follows is some highlights and thoughts from each section.

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