Wisdom from a Pastor's Heart

Douglas Connelly. Jossey-Bass, $18.95 (243pp) ISBN 978-0-7879-5651-6

Busy Christians everywhere will appreciate Wisdom from a Pastor's Heart, Douglas Connelly's compilation of clergy members' thoughts on topics such as family, baptism, money, grace, suffering, fear, failure and temptation. For the quotes, Connelly combed through 75 years of The Minister's Manual, a sourcebook of reflections by clergy and for clergy. The result is what he calls ""a pastor in your pocket,"" a useful little book that offers spiritual wisdom in bite-sized morsels.

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