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Welcome
I am a priest in the Eastern Orthodox
Church, author, speaker, and retreat leader.
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"William Mills has gone honest and intimate with us in telling his story of the travail of ministry. His
drama of mean-spirited betrayal in the congregation and the late unexpected reassurance of support replicates
our best story of crucifixion and resurrection."
Walter Brueggemann
"William Mills has given us a true story told truthfully, a story of a faith
lost and found, a story of the Church at its best and worst, a story of a priest who persisted in his
vocation in spite of everything. Service to the Body of Christ, the Church, is not for the faint of
heart and yet, in the end, there are blessings."
Will Willimon,
"The Church speaks a lot about truth but isn’t so good at honesty. Here is a
priest who has learned the cost of this and who, with courage and imagination, encourages us to join
him and to say it as it is. We clergy often know the words of religion but miss the music. William Mills
calls us back to the vocation of trying to tune our lives to the harmonies of the eternal but only by
recognizing emotional and factual truth and in pursuit of justice. Enjoy it and feel yourself defrost."
Mark Oakley
"William Mills' memoir is a beautifully crafted, honest, wise, and insightful book. It
stands in the very best tradition of spirituality—a writer and text that can speak to the real condition of
the soul, and the day-to-day struggle that many have with belief. . . Honest and wise books on religious
resilience are often hard to find. But this is one of those rare gems, and I commend it for anyone who knows
how long our spiritual journey can be."
Martyn Percy
"For the clergy as well as the congregation, William Mills’ memoir of parish ministry chronicles with refreshing
honesty and insight the three-part journey from childhood to ordination to the perils of pastoral life."
Robert Winstead
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