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What Size Are God's Shoes: Kids, Chaos and the Spiritual Life
Morehouse Publishing, 2008
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Do you believe God can be found in both the miraculous and the mundane? Through 40 insightful and engaging essays, Tim Schenck helps us encounter God through the chaos of everyday life. The divine presence weaves its way into a family room fish tank, a child’s probing questions, the town pool, and the drive-thru window of the local fast food chain.
"It’s hard to have a God complex when your kids expect you to play garbage truck every night. This is the game where I lie on the floor as the boys stuff trucks, action figures, and plastic dinosaurs into my shirt. When the garbage truck is full to the point of overflowing, I go to the town dump by standing up. This is repeated ad nauseum. On any given day, I might find myself absolving sins in the name of the Church one moment and serving the cause of waste management the next."
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REVIEWS
"Schenck writes with humility and humor about the realities of parenting and his own limitations."
— Episcopal Life, September 2008
"You will thoroughly enjoy his 40 breezy essays and the lessons that are so neatly folded into them."
— Diocese of San Joaquin
"That Schenck is a husband, father, and pet owner is at the heart of this array of brief, genial essays on the little lessons to be learned from such a life. Although they are not sermons, many of his observations on SUVs, children's art, and home repairs can feel like the sorts of modern instances used by contemporary preachers to liven up reflection on the scripture of the day. Schenck is careful not to stray far from the everyday and the amusing."
— Library Journal
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From Seminary to Parish
Navigating Your First Clergy Job Search
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by the Rev. Tim Schenck
A Free User-Friendly Guide
for Seminarians of the Episcopal Church
From Seminary to Parish is a practical, accessible guide for Episcopal seminarians making the leap from seminary to parish life. By shedding light on the mysteries of the initial deployment process, this work serves as an invaluable resource for any seminarian called to parish ministry. The overarching purpose is clear: to insure a smooth navigation of the clergy job search process while helping to amplify God’s call to the individual.
If you’ve ever had questions about what rectors are looking for when they hire someone fresh out of seminary, if you don’t fully understand the point of the CDO Personal Profile, if you’d like help writing a “seminarian’s resume,” or if you seek tips on interviewing with a parish search committee, From Seminary to Parish is most definitely for you.
Flowing out of a theology of cooperation with the Holy Spirit, this resource takes a graduating seminarian step-by-step through the parish deployment process. The information is presented with humor in an easy-to-read style that reminds us just how exciting a time this is for those called to ordained ministry
