| Reflections on My Call to Preach: Connecting the Dots Contributor(s): Craddock, Fred (Author) |
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ISBN: 0827232578 ISBN-13: 9780827232570 Publisher: Chalice Press OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2009 Annotation: Written by distinguished preacher and storyteller, Fred Craddock, this book gives insight into his life as a young boy and what led him to his calling as a preacher. Craddock's captivating writing style will appeal to people of all ages and denominations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Religious - Religion | Christian Living - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009008692 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.7" W x 8.5" (0.65 lbs) 117 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Travel with revered preacher and author Fred Craddock through his early years as he considers what made him take to the pulpit. "For some reason, I felt I had to say 'Yes' or 'No' to the ministry so I could feel free again. My siblings and friends talked almost casually about options and preferences as to careers, but with no evident sense of urgency. Not so with me. I did not then, nor do I now know whether the burden of choice was a trait of personality, a kind of super-conscientiousness, whether the calling to ministry itself carried a weight, a burden, peculiar to the task itself. Rightly or wrongly, when I thought of possibly becoming a journalist, that would be a choice, 100 percent mine. When I considered becoming a minister, that was not totally my decision; I was responding to God's will for me. Of course, I had been told that journalists, lawyers, teachers, merchants, farmers-all could understand their lives as a vocation, a calling, but what I am telling you is that I perceived, I felt, I experienced the idea of being a preacher as different, and that difference was sobering, even burdensome. That's why advice about not being in a hurry, taking my time, was not helpful even if wise. If it was my decision, why could I not make it now; if it was God's decision, why did not God tell me, or at least tell my father or my mother? I prayed for the ache to leave me." -Excerpt from Reflections on My Call to Preach. |
Contributor Bio(s): Craddock, Fred: - Called a "preaching genius," Fred Craddock (1928-2015) was Bandy Distinguished Professor of Preaching and New Testament, emeritus, at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and minister emeritus of Cherry Log Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He was a sought-after lecturer, an author of several books, and a captivating storyteller. |