Corazón Puro: A Memoir of Ministry - Paperback

by Currie Burris (Author)

Corazon Puro is a memoir of a lifetime in ministry in the Christian faith. Currie Burris reviews his life experience from his initial profession of faith as a seven-year-old Baptist in a revival service, through his education in the academic study of religion, seminary studies in systematic theology, ordination to a ministry of peace and justice activism, to thirty years of pastoral ministry in the Presbyterian Church. Throughout this faith journey, the author struggles with the character, identity, and purpose of God in the light of pervasive human experience of pain, suffering, and death. Where is a loving God in the face of devastating suffering and horror universally lived by every human being? What is the role of a pastor in the midst of suffering and loss?

Author Biography

Currie Burris is a retired minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He served as pastor for eighteen years at Silver Spring Presbyterian Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, and as pastor for ten years at Clifton Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, Georgia. In over forty-four years of ordained ministry, Currie's experience has combined a commitment to work for peace, justice, and human rights, service to the church, and spiritual formation.