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A review by kirsten_canuck
The Care of Souls: Cultivating a Pastor's Heart by Harold L. Senkbeil
3.0
What I loved:
Senkbeil's dedication to the hubris of pastoring: the character, rhythms of life, and high value of time spent in prayer, in Scripture and with the sacraments. We need more books for pastors that focus on the character of the pastor and less on the performance or business-driven practices that can consume pastors.
What was difficult:
This is written for male pastors. It's not misogynist or anything, just has no category for female clergy, and it's a never-ending refrain of "brothers, sons, as Fathers, because we as men are..." and the like. For 90% of pastors, this will go unnoticed, but for those of us women in ministry, it wasn't occasional - it was constant, and that's exhausting.
Of note:
This is distinctly Lutheran. It has limited value for those outside of the Lutheran tradition.
Senkbeil's dedication to the hubris of pastoring: the character, rhythms of life, and high value of time spent in prayer, in Scripture and with the sacraments. We need more books for pastors that focus on the character of the pastor and less on the performance or business-driven practices that can consume pastors.
What was difficult:
This is written for male pastors. It's not misogynist or anything, just has no category for female clergy, and it's a never-ending refrain of "brothers, sons, as Fathers, because we as men are..." and the like. For 90% of pastors, this will go unnoticed, but for those of us women in ministry, it wasn't occasional - it was constant, and that's exhausting.
Of note:
This is distinctly Lutheran. It has limited value for those outside of the Lutheran tradition.