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Faculty Book Recommendations

Posted on December 14, 2021January 4, 2022 by ptsblog
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We asked our faculty members to share some of the books they’ve been loving lately. So if you’re still looking for a last-minute gift idea, or you want to enrich yourself in the new year, here are some of their top recommendations—including some of their own recent work! John Burgess James Henry Snowden Professor of…

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Full-Contact Ministry and Holding Hard Truths

Posted on November 30, 2021November 29, 2021 by ptsblog
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When I was working in Philadelphia—first at Broad Street Ministry and then at Beacon, we as pastoral leaders and staff were often interacting with folks who were vulnerable in some way. I remember the BSM director of social service describing certain vulnerability as someone “experiencing reality differently than I am.” At BSM there was a…

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Asking Big Questions

Posted on September 28, 2021September 27, 2021 by ptsblog
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One of the things I love about our Center for Adaptive and Innovative Ministry programming is that we do regular reflective exercises in almost every different part of our work. When we meet for monthly lunches, start classes, gather cohorts, and even join together lately on Zoom, we generally start with some kind of wide…

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