Ministering is "quilting a life in relation to God and God's creation," which includes gathering fabrics, imagining the design, cutting patches, stitching patches and basting on a backing (pp. 171-198, p. 20 et passim).
Ministering is a collection of insightful stories, episodes, thoughts, sermonettes, pastoral ideas and opportunities. The virtue in the book is its diversity and inclusiveness. To choose another metaphor, here is a ...