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Go on a journey with one Anglican priest's practice of ministry around the turn of the 21st century. Get a glimpse of the tough parts of the profession: bullies and trying not to become one, dwindling finances and too many buildings, how to let go and move on when leaving a parish. See the sacred too--being with people in life's watershed moments when someone marries, has a baby, dies. A lot of the time the tough and the sacred come together in inexplicable and miraculous ways. Within these pages you will find heartwarming and honest moments filled with humor and tears, but most of all, with...

This is the second part of a love story. Walk Me to the Door, Love is an unflinching look at the raw nature of grief, and its often frozen landscape. Written in the wake of the death of a much loved spouse, partner, and best friend, it charts the inner life of the heart trying to absorb and fathom what has happened, and how to move forward. There is movement here, as in "shards of ice drifting towards open sea" (Iceberg). There is hope here: "It keeps shifting like something winged and fragile and carried on the wind" (The Nature of Hope). Amid the longing to be with the one who has gone...

This book is a companion piece to the author's memoir on ministry: Survival of the Dangly Green Parrot Earrings. Poems and reflections in this collection touch on bullying in the church, grief and living out priestly vows, collegiality, encounters with the Holy.