rich conversation. Through our reading and conversing, it didn’t take us long to realize that somehow or other, from our quite different backgrounds, we had arrived at similar convictions and understandings of the gospel. Maybe it was the Montana connection.… The understanding and conviction that bring us together in this book are that pastoral work originates in and is shaped by the revelation of God in Jesus Christ. It takes place in the world’s culture, but it is not caused by it. It is intimately