{"product_id":"working-the-angles-the-shape-of-pastoral-integrity","title":"Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity","description":"American pastors, says Eugene Peterson, are abandoning their posts at an alarming rate. They are not leaving their churches and getting other jobs. Instead, they have become \"a company of shopkeepers, and the shops they keep are churches.\" Pastors and the communities they serve have become preoccupied with image and standing, with administration, measurable success, sociological impact, and economic viability.\n\nIn Working the Angles, Peterson calls the attention of his fellow pastors to three basic acts--which he sees as the three angles of a triangle--that are so critical to the pastoral ministry that they determine the shape of everything else. The acts--prayer, reading Scripture, and giving spiritual direction--are acts of attention to God in three different contexts: oneself, the community of faith, and another person. Only by being attentive to these three critical acts, says Peterson, can pastors fulfill their prime responsibility of keeping the religious community attentive to God.\n\nWritten out of the author's own experience as pastor of a \"single pastor church,\" this well-written, provocative book will be stimulating reading for lay Christians and pastors alike.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0802802656\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKTGN001DTA_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Peterson, Eugene\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41564294053946,"sku":"4EKTGN001DTA_ns","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0802802656-0.jpg?v=1785293595","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/working-the-angles-the-shape-of-pastoral-integrity","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}