Travel with revered preacher and author Fred Craddock through his early years as he considers what made him take to the pulpit. For some reason, I felt I had to say 'Yes' or 'No' to the ministry so I could feel free again. My siblings and friends talked almost casually about options and preferences as to careers, but with evident sense of urgency. Not so with me. I did t then, r do I w kw whether the burden of choice was a trait of personality, a kind of super-conscientiousness, whether the calling to ministry itself carried a weight, a burden, peculiar to the task itself. Rightly or wrongly, when I thought of possibly becoming a journalist, that would be a choice, 100 percent mine. When I considered becoming a minister, that was t totally my decision; I was responding to God's will for me. Of course, I had been told that journalists, lawyers, teachers, merchants, farmers-all could understand their lives as a vocation, a calling, but what I am telling you is that I perceived, I felt, I experienced the idea of being a preacher as different, and that difference was sobering, even burdensome. That's why advice about t being in a hurry, taking my time, was t helpful even if wise. If it was my decision, why could I t make it w; if it was God's decision, why did t God tell me, or at least tell my father or my mother? I prayed for the ache to leave me. -Excerpt from Reflections on My Call to Preach.
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Publisher
Chalice Press
ISBN-10
0827232578
ISBN-13
9780827232570
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96265363
Product Key Features
Author
Dr Fred Craddock
Format
Sewn,PAPER over Boards,With Dust Jacket, Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Autobiography: Religious & Spiritual
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Saint Louis, MO
Author Biography
Fred Craddock is Bandy Distinguished Professor of Preaching and New Testament, emeritus, at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and is minister emeritus of Cherry Log Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He is a sought-after lecturer, an author of several books, and a captivating storyteller.