The minister's soul is the soul of his ministry. David Murray quotes the saying in his foreword and admits he cannot remember where he first heard it, only that having read this book he never wants to forget it. Jim Savastio and Brian Croft set out to establish the foundation of all faithful and fruitful ministry, which is the pastor's own soul.

Their main target is the epidemic of ministerial hyper-activity and the burnout, backsliding and broken homes that follow it, and the remedy they press is not a schedule but a recovery of the man's own walk with God. Short, and better read before the crisis than after. For pastors, and for elders who are watching one run too hard.