Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE: The Warning Signs 1. The Way of All Flesh 2. Tempests in a Teapot PART TWO: Taking Back Your Marbles 3. The Ecstasy in the Agony 4. We're Not in Kansas Anymore 5. Get a Life 6. Who Was That Masked Man? 7. Pastor Yourself 8. Fragile Handle With Care 9. Two-timing the Day-timer 10. To Thine Own Self Be True 11. God's-eye View 12. I'm Not the Messiah 13. The Only Thing to Fear Is Fear Itself Bibliography Notes

About the Author

Steve R. Bierly is the pastor of American Reformed Church in Hull, Iowa, where he lives with his wife, Deborah, and two children. He is the author of Help for the Small-Church Pastor and How to Thrive as a Small-Church Pastor.