Corazón Puro
A Memoir of Ministry
- History & Biography
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
Corazon Puro is a memoir of a lifetime in ministry in the Christian faith. Currie Burris reviews his life experience from his initial profession of faith as a seven-year-old Baptist in a revival service, through his education in the academic study of religion, seminary studies in systematic theology, ordination to a ministry of peace and justice activism, to thirty years of pastoral ministry in the Presbyterian Church. Throughout this faith journey, the author struggles with the character, identity, and purpose of God in the light of pervasive human experience of pain, suffering, and death. Where is a loving God in the face of devastating suffering and horror universally lived by every human being? What is the role of a pastor in the midst of suffering and loss?
Endorsements (2)
“Currie Burris is a pastor whose heart is finely tuned by the experience of suffering—his own and that of others for whom he has been a faithful companion. His life is one of taking God seriously, including probing honestly God’s presence and purpose in the unspeakable cruelties of this world. Burris shares poignantly, without flinching, the stories of the people who have shaped his life, as well as the remarkable events shaping his forty-year ministry.”
“Currie Burris gives a powerful witness to the reality that in this life, a person can encounter great suffering yet ‘testify to the presence and participation of God in that suffering.’ Burris does not let God off the hook for the presence of suffering in the world and in his own life. . . . Anyone struggling to reconcile faith and suffering will find in Corazón Puro a fellow traveler from whom much can be learned.”
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