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CONTENTS

Introduction

PART 1

EXAMINING PASTORAL CULTURE

1 Headed for Disaster

2 Again and Again

3 Big Theological Brains and Heart Disease

4 More than Knowledge and Skill

5 Joints and Ligaments

6 The Missing Community

7 War Zones

PART 2

THE DANGER OF LOSING YOUR AWE (FORGETTING WHO GOD IS)

8 Familiarity

9 Dirty Secrets

10 Mediocrity

11 Between the Already and the Not Yet

PART 3

THE DANGER OF ARRIVAL (FORGETTING WHO YOU ARE)

12 Self-Glory

13 Always Preparing

14 Separation

15 So, What Now?