"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." -C.S. Lewis
Sometimes ministry seems absolutely impossible. And it is, when we rely on our own strength and skillsets. What does it look like to keep coming back to the transcendent Source at work in our lives—God who wants to bring resurrection and new life to the world?
I explore this question with my guest, Mandy Smith, a pastor and award-winning author and speaker. Our conversation is inspired by two books. First, Mandy’s own Confessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leader’s Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God and John Hendrix’s graphic novel, The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship between C.S. Lewis and JRR Tolkien.
Resources Mentioned & Affiliate Links:**
Confessions of an Amateur Saint: The Christian Leader’s Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God by Mandy Smith
The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry by Mandy Smith
Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith beyond the Baggage of Western Culture by Mandy Smith
The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien (A Graphic Novel) by John Hendrix
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler by John Hendrix
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Tolkien On Fairy-Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
How (Not) to Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor by James K.A. Smith
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
Re-Enchanting the Text by Cheryl Bridges Johns
*Follow Mandy on IG and learn more about her ministry at https://thewayistheway.org.
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YPRB host Heather Weber is a book-obsessed pastor, seminarian, and author. She is the author of Dear Boy,: An Epistolary Memoir. Find out more about her writing and creative projects at www.heatherweber.org. And, subscribe to her Dear Exiles newsletter at heatherweber.substack.com.
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