Life in the Fish Bowl: Everyday Challenges of Pastors and Their Families - Softcover

Joyner, F. Belton Jr.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 068733294X ISBN 13: 9780687332946

Publisher: Abingdon Press, 2006

Synopsis

A solid family life will help pastors focus and attentively minister to the needs of their congregation.
Pastors often struggle with  conflicting expectations. The most painful of these conflicts is between the expectations of their congregations, and the needs of their families. They must, at the same moment, be available to parishioners and carve out private family time. Belton Joyner knows that often the best therapy for pastors caught in this dilemma is to laugh at it. With humorous illustrations and light-hearted straight talk, he helps pastors understand their own family dynamics,  the role their families play in the life of the church, and how to be an effective minister of the gospel AND  a responsible spouse and parent, while living in a fishbowl.

About this title

About the Author:

F. Belton Joyner Jr. is a retired United Methodist pastor and author of The Unofficial UM Handbooks and Being Methodist in the Bible Belt: A Theological Survival Guide for Youth, Parents, and Other Confused Methodists and many other books. Currently, he is a visiting lecturer at Duke Divinity School and member of Judicial Council of The United Methodist Church. He lives in Bahama, North Carolina.

Review:

"...this book presents a balanced view of parsonage life from both sides of the glass. -- Rev. Karl Zorowski, Methodist pastor, parsonage resident, and cartoonist (Church Mice)

About this edition

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 068733294X
• ISBN 13: 9780687332946
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84