Matching and Dispatching
Wedding and Funeral Stories of a Battle-Toughened Pastor
- Church Leadership & Ministry
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2011
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Publisher's Description
This book takes you "behind the scenes" of the weddings and funerals you attend to show the not-so-visible side of what occurs. The picture can be marvelously heroic, deeply inspiring, fun, hilarious, tragic, angering, or disgustingly pathetic. The one thing certain is that you will see a comprehensive portrait of the human condition, the assorted things we people do when we marry and bury one another. We are at our best and our worst, and we reveal it clearly. The purpose of Matching and Dispatching is to entertain and provide enjoyment, but also to show a rich, usually hidden side of the pastor's world, the pastor being the chief architect behind weddings and funerals. To this end, Jim Chatham has drawn from his four decades of experience as a Presbyterian pastor.
Endorsements (3)
“Storytelling is an art of every culture whose purpose is to structure meaning of life experiences. In Matching and Dispatching, Jim Chatham has captured everyday stories that pastors experience. Written by a master storyteller, these narratives find a way to your heart. They evoke and confront memories of what it means to be a minister and a member of the Christian community.”
“Many clergy fantasize chronicling their favorite wedding and funeral stories. Jim Chatham actually did it! Maybe because he's had more zany and sacred experiences than a roomful of ministers. Or maybe because as a tall man he sees life differently than the rest of us. Regardless, Chatham's keen pastoral eye and deft writer's hand allow those of us on a lower plain to see the Sacred all around us and that the Holy One has a God-sized sense of humor to match the divine heart of love.”
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