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Strong
in the Broken Places A Theological Reverie on the Ministry of George Everett Ross by Leonard I. Sweet 270 pp.
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| Who was George Everett Ross,
and why is his story worth telling?
Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Akron, Ohio, the largest
congregation in the state's diocese, Ross was at once a brilliant
preacher who could move his listeners with the gospel of transfiguring
grace and a deeply flawed human being who stirred controversy
among his parishioners. Not only a crusader for the addicted and
the homeless, but also an alcoholic who presided over the church
where Alcoholics Anonymous was founded, Ross was both revered
for his good works and reviled for his personal failings. In a
book that is part biography, part a sampler of his sermons, and
part a theological meditation on the five wounds of Christ, George
Ross comes to stand for all of us who have suffered some injury
of the soul, and who hope to find in the healing example of Christ
a way to use our broken parts as a source of spiritual strength
and creative energy. Strong in the Broken Places is
a portrait
of ministry at its most gifted and most wounded, as well as a
story of faith shining more brightly because of the constant darkness
that threatens it.
"This book is poignantly pleasurable, and all
pastors can benefit
from it for reasons both personal and professional. It is one
to which you will return often." "Sweet writes in an easy, engaging style and he
brings in fascinating
material from all over the cultural landscape. . . . Sweet is
often brilliant." |
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Leonard I. Sweet is Dean of the Theological School and Vice President and Professor of Postmodern Christianity at Drew University in Madison, NJ. President and founder of Spirit Venture Ministries, he launched Sweet's SoulCafe, a magazine which has been called "the Guideposts of the Third Millennium." A Master of Divinity and PhD in American history, he is both minister and scholar, combining these pursuits as writer from Homiletics. Sweet has published more than one hundred articles, three hundred sermons, and thirteen books, including his bestselling book Faithquakes. |
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