Description After four years of college and six years in seminary, William Mills was ready for a parish--or so he thought.
He didn't realize much of his time would be endless discussions about bagels and coffee, digging ditches, and parking lot condom patrols.
For six years, community life was just humming along.
Then disaster struck.
Mills' life came crashing down when nearly a third of his congregation left in a public power play, causing him to question his faith in himself, in the church, and in God.
Marva Dawn, a noted writer of spirituality and ministry, said that being a pastor is like being peppered with popcorn: after a while, you just get tired of it, pack your bags, and move on.
However, as Mills himself says, I was either too stubborn or stupid, so I stayed.
Losing My Religion is about the ups and downs, ins and outs, choices and challenges of being a pastor in the twenty-first-century church.
It's also about the redemptive power of community life and finding healing and wholeness in a broken world.
William Mills has given us a true story told truthfully, a story of a faith lost and found, a story of the church at its best and worst, a story of a priest who persisted in his vocation in spite of everything.
Service to the Body of Christ, the church, is not for the faint of heart and yet, in the end, there are blessings.
--Will Willimon, United Methodist Bishop, retired, and Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry, Duke Divinity School; author, Who Lynched Willie Earle? Preaching to Confront Racism.
William Mills has gone honest and intimate with us in telling his story of the travail of ministry.
His drama of mean-spirited betrayal in the congregation and the late unexpected reassurance of support replicates our best story of crucifixion and resurrection.
--Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary William Mills' memoir is a beautifully crafted, honest, wise, and insightful book.
It stands in the very best tradition of spiritu.
| Popcorn | After a while you just get tired of it pack your bags and move on |
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