Pastor as Minor Poet: Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life

Today’s pastors – often expected to be multitasking marvels who can make their churches successful – are understandably confused about their role. Craig Barnes contends that the true calling of a pastor is to help others become fully alive in Christ, to be a minor poet, or poet of the soul. As such, pastors are to read the major poets of Scri