Description |
x, 159 pages ; 23 cm. |
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Series |
Kansas notable books ; 2019.
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Awards |
Kansas Notable Book, 2019. |
Summary |
Dangerous Woman? Ordained by God? Gender matters! What do pastors really do beyond the pulpit? What's it like to be a woman pastor? It's complicated. People leave congregations when the pastor wears a skirt. Other congregations become advocates for women clergy. Rev. Dorothy Nickel Friesen, an ordained Mennonite pastor, digs deep into the soul of a pastor with humor, pathos, and passion. Her memoir, a collection of short stories based on true events, visits the agony of bedside death, lost dreams, and angry parishioners who walk away from her leadership. She also shares the laugh-out-loud stories of weddings (a missing groom), rituals of deep meaning (with water from the Jordan River), and tension-filled advocacy for peace (on a military base). With honesty and warmth, Rev. Dorothy beckons women, especially, to love God's people as a leader, preacher, and friend. She hopes this book will help you see beyond the "Bible wars" and deepen your faith that God generously gifts women for spiritual leadership. -- back cover. |
Source |
WtrMrk 06.2019 PARS |
Subject |
Friesen, Dorothy Nickel.
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Women clergy -- Biography.
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Mennonites -- Biography.
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Mennonites -- United States -- Clergy.
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Women clergy.
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ISBN |
153265040X |
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9781532650406 |
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9781532647239 (paperback) |
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1532647239 (paperback) |
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9781532650413 (ebook) |
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1532650418 (ebook) |
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