That one family, spanning four generations, should include sixteen Wesleyan Methodist ministers is remarkable. Thankfully, Felicity Cain, daughter of the last of the ordained Gregorys, has gathered together a remarkable collection of memories, facts, and insights to assist in the task of paying greater attention to a major dynasty. The significance, of course, lies not only in familial nurture but in the sheer depth of that nurture, which was such a fundamental element of earlier Methodists’ practice. Handing on the faith was normative and lively. The life of the ordained ministry was a notion worth taking seriously, and each of the sixteen did. There are common threads here of paying attention to the nature of God’s love revealed in Christ, the task of exploring the Christian faith with the utmost energy, understanding Methodism’s place in the catholic faith, and holding a global view. Cain states at the outset that this...

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