Publisher's Synopsis
"This book is a practical guide for ministry and Christian living designed for women clergy, seminary students, aspiring ministers, as well as the laity. It tells the story about the learning experiences of eight women clergy during and after their studies in various theological institutions and up to their call to full time parish ministry. We are in a postmodern era, and reason more than anything else is seemingly considered as the process through which people find meaning to life and human existence. Religion is thus gradually pushed to the peripheries. The outcome of this shift creates a divide between sacred and secular lives. This book empowers clergywomen to reconcile their secular and spiritual lives, which in turn informs their professional practices and enables them to meet the demands of their clergy roles so they could live balanced Christian lives. Both women and men of the clergy can learn from the experiences of those pas
