You're not alone in your ministry. And you don't have to suffer in silence. Ministry is a stressful vocation, with unspoken expectations, projected anxieties, and conflicting demands. After the pandemic caused a sudden shift to online worship and factions fighting over when and how to return to in-person worship, pastors have been leaving congregational ministry at even higher rates than usual. The emotional fallout of burnout and abuse at the hands of parishioners is something pastors carry for years, whether they stay or leave the congregation. Seasoned pastor Carol Howard Merritt and psychotherapist and former pastor James Fenimore join their expertise to offer validation, support, and guidance for pastors who have been hurt by the church. With wisdom that can come only from experience, they describe and define aspects of struggle and pain readers may have difficulty articulating or claiming for themselves, and they offer compassionate, informed guidance on how to find healing. A systems approach to conflict sheds light on the dynamics of church conflict and how clergy can tend their own well-being amid leadership challenges. The final chapter helps readers consider their overall vocational path based on what they've experienced and decide whether they can remain in congregational ministry or need to pursue a different line of work. Free downloadable resources available for pastors and church members! Visit www.wjkbooks.com/WoundedPastors to download a personal inventory for pastors that can be printed out or used as an interactive, digital journal; a list of seven ways that church members can support pastors; and social media images that can be shared.

Wounded Pastors: Navigating Burnout, Finding Healing, and Discerning the Future of Your Ministry

Religion & Spirituality

Fenimore, James

Howard, Carol

Christian Books & Bibles

Westminster/John Knox Press

The Headsman: Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons. A Tale, Volume I

History

BiblioBazaar

The Water Witch; or, the Skimmer of the Seas. A Tale, Volume I

Classic / American English Uncas is the last of the Mohican Indians. He is with his father and Hawkeye when they meet Heyward. Heyward is taking the two young daughters of a British  colonel to their father. But a Huron Indian who hates the British is near. Will the girls see their father again? This Pack contains a Book and MP3

LEVEL 2: THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS BOOK AND MP3 PACK

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Pearson

Format Paperback Subject History United States Publisher Scholarly Publishing Office University of Michigan Library United States

The last of the Mohicans. A narrative of 1757. By J. Fenimore Cooper.

Americas

Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library

The story takes place on the rapidly advancing frontier of New York State and features a middle-aged Leatherstocking (Natty Bumppo), Judge Marmaduke Temple of Templeton, whose life parallels that of the author's father Judge William Cooper, and Elizabeth Temple (the author's sister Susan Cooper), of Cooperstown. The story begins with an argument between the Judge and the Leatherstocking over who killed a buck, and as Cooper reviews many of the changes to New York's Lake Otsego, questions of environmental stewardship, conservation, and use prevail. The plot develops as the Leatherstocking and Chingachgook begin to compete with the Temples for the loyalties of a mysterious young visitor, "Oliver Edwards," the "young hunter," who eventually marries Elizabeth. Chingachgook dies, exemplifying the vexed figure of the "dying Indian," and Natty vanishes into the sunset. For all its strange twists and turns, 'The Pioneers' may be considered one of the first ecological novels in the United States.

The pioneers; or, The sources of the Susquehanna. A descriptive tale. By J. Fenimore Cooper.

The pathfinder; or, The inland sea. By J. Fenimore Cooper.

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