"How rewarding to find a book on ministry that is readable, challenging. and profound. Donna Schaper makes good use of wit for the sake of wisdom, humor in the cause of honesty, and candor in the search for competence. The message of Common Sense About Men and Women in the Ministry speaks powerfully both to clergy and laity, to men and women who seek to live in faithfulness to the way marked out by Jesus. Her perspective as a woman with nearly two decades in ministry illumi-nates with freshness the issues of faith and obedience that challenge faith communities and their members, helpful as much to men as women. It is a book of major significance for today."