Preaching like a sheep dog: loping into pastoral leadership

Jules R Erickson

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Preaching like a sheep dog: loping into pastoral leadership

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Jules R Erickson. Preaching Like a Sheep Dog: Loping Into Pastoral Leadership. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b9547f6e-9f16-4d72-8c7e-2aa404c1171e?locale=en.

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J. R. Erickson. Preaching like a sheep dog: loping into pastoral leadership. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b9547f6e-9f16-4d72-8c7e-2aa404c1171e?locale=en

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This thesis uses the metaphor of a sheep dog as a role for pastor within the story of the Good Shepherd as revealed in Psalm 23 and John 10. A pastor's identity informs how a preacher witnesses to the Word of God. Using The Witness of Preaching by Thomas G. Long, I discuss the various images he used to illustrate the roles of preachers: the herald, the paster, the storyteller/poet, and finally, the witness. I have drawn upon my own experiences as a child raised in the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod and how I moved from a theology based in fear to a theology based in grace. As a secondary discourse I draw on Edwin H. Friedman's A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix. Friedman uses the term 'non-anxious' and 'well-differentiated' to define these aspects of leadership; throughout this thesis I discuss what it means to become a leader and bear witness to God's Word as a preacher.

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