The art of ministry
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article24232
- Journal
- Ministry Matters
- Date
- 1997 Winter
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 10
- Notes
- Author defines a professional as "someone who does things that most other people can't do for themselves, like pulling teeth or removing gall bladders or conveying property. An artist is someone who so displays his or her insights and intuitions that other people are enabled to experience fresh insights of their own. I suggest that the real work of ministry is that of an artist -- sermons, liturgy, study groups, even counselling, are all intended to enable people to discover the meaning of the Gospel and the call of the holy for themselves." Previously "posted in a meeting called Professional Ministry on [the] Ecunet [electronic religious network]". Also published in "AngliCan Arts", vol. 1, no. 1, Epiphany 1998, p. 7.
- Subjects
- Clergy - Office - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ministry - Anglican Church of Canada
- Art and religion
- Professional employees - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada