Reading of Two Books, Response to specific questions

Read both: What Clergy Do, Emma Percy and A Failure of Nerve in the Age of the Quick Fix, Edwin Freeman

Answer the following questions in the paper:

Though ministry settings are all contextually unique, no matter the setting, the work of ministry is

emotionally challenging for a clergy person.

Ministry takes time, stamina, and courage.

There are no quick fixes, as Edwin Freidman shows. Ministry or priesthood, as Emma Percy puts it takes an emotional commitment to learn how to lead when there are few obvious signs of success.

In What ways’ are good ministries like families?

In what ways are they like workplaces?

What does it talk for a religious leader to work wisely in the blurry borderlands between family and workplace?