Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. Consolation: Making Ready a People Versus Being the Parson
2. Call: God?s Work Versus Our Vision
3. Covenant: Proclaiming the Good News Versus Managing the Message
4. Commission: Accepting Our Office Versus Cultivating Loyalty
5. Context: Inhabiting a Place Versus Propagating a Program
6. Confrontation: Inviting Awareness Versus Administering Anesthesia
7. Conflict: Trusting Truth Versus Fearing Instability
8. Confusion: Risking Doubt Versus Denying Dissonance
9. Confidence: Receiving God?s Blessing Versus Seeking Approval

Postscript: It's Not About You. . . . Or Is It?

Subject Index

Scripture Index

About the Author

David Rohrer is teaching pastor of University Presbyterian Church, Seattle.

Reviews

"From beginning to end, Rohrer is honest and transparent. He speaks openly from his own mistakes through nearly 30 years of ministry, his own temptations to 'settle for providing people with the religion they want rather than the truth they need.' All of this makes The Sacred Wilderness of Pastoral Ministry a timely invitation into a richer and deeper calling of giving witness to Christ and his kingdom."
*Brandon O'Brien, Leadership Journal, Summer 2012*