Clergy in a Complex Age: Responses to the Guidelines for the professional conduct of the clergy
By James Boyce
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Paula Gooder wrestles with the exhilaratingly tricky question, ‘What would Jesus do?’
John Pritchard responds with characteristic humour and wisdom to the challenge of remaining ‘white hot in our desire for God year after year’.
Robert Innes draws on his unexpected call to the ministry while meditating on Jesus’ self-sacrificial pastoral leadership.
Paul Butler writes with authority and compassion about the complexities of safeguarding.
Jamie Harrison reflects on the humility, cost and joy of ‘telling the story of God’s love’.
Russ Parker finds that blessing others means being vulnerable and empathetic to the pain common to us all.
Stephen Cherry offers witty yet powerful insights on giving leadership.
Kate Bruce writes captivatingly on imagination as indispensable to the life of faith.
Magdalen Smith illuminates the creative tension of living faithfully in public and private.
David Walker assures us that the very wounds we bear from our journeys so far enable us to minister to others.
‘Faithful relationships are fundamental to maintaining and improving the life of the Church. It is my fervent desire that increasing trust, particularly that which flows from trustworthy clergy, will transform God’s world.’
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, from the Foreword
James Boyce
James Boyce is the author of Born Bad (2014), 1835 (2011) and Van Diemen's Land (2008). Van Diemen’s Land, won the Tasmania Book Prize and the Colin Roderick Award and was shortlisted for the NSW, Victorian and Queensland premiers’ literary awards, as well as the Prime Minister’s award. Tim Flannery described it as “a brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people.” 1835, won the Age Book of the Year Award and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award, the Western Australian Premier's Book Award, the Adelaide Festival Award for Literature and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award. The Sunday Age described it as “A first-class piece of historical writing”. James Boyce wrote the Tasmania chapter for First Australians, the companion book to the acclaimed SBS TV series. He has a PhD from the University of Tasmania, where he is an honorary research associate of the School of Geography and Environmental Studies.
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