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Shortly after leaving the faculty of the Duke University Divinity School to return to my first love, the parish, I was encouraged to become the founding director of an Institute for Pastoral Studies whose purpose would be to serve the needs of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Atlanta and throughout the country. Among our various projects was to be the publication of educational resources on a variety of subjects. I decided on a series of short monographs, the first being A People Called Episcopalians, to be used in inquirer classes and other programs for new and longtime Episcopalians. The second was Holy Baptism: A Guide for Parents and Godparents. Both have been popular, and recently I began to receive requests for a resource on stewardship for the use of vestries, stewardship committees, new members, stewardship programs and study groups. And so I wrote Grateful and Generous Hearts, with the hope that it will prove as useful as the others.

In the years ahead our publishing program will continue with: To Love and to Cherish, Till Death Do Us Part: Preparing for the Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage, Growing in Our Relationship with God: Spiritual Healing, Reconciliation, and Spiritual Friendship, and The Making of Christians: A New Look at Formation, Education and Instruction.