Here I Am

RICHARD GILES is Dean of Philadelphia and is author of two seminal works on the way we regard and use church buildings: Re-Pitching the Tent and Creating Uncommon Worship which together have sold over 30,000 copies.

"...an easily readable reminder of ordination vows to those who, like most of us, need to be reminded from time to time. I can also imagine it as a book one might give to someone just embarking on ordination training, or indeed, preparing for a discernment conference. In a simple way it enlarges on an initial statement about the nature of ministry: ‘That’s what priests do. We create places where ordinary people can experience the extraordinary, where they can hang out with God. We create “healing rooms of discovery”, or as Walter Brueggemann puts it, “the most dangerous hope-filled places in town”’ (p. 4). Discuss." Rural Theology