Born into a preaching and musical family, Bishop Ralph "Donnie" Graves recognizes the paradoxical realities of the preacher who preaches healing, wholeness and fulfillment while his or her personal life reek with the foul odor of sickness and eventually death. The main objective of this book is to heighten the awareness of the reader, both preacher and congregant, to the serious struggles each minister encounters. My prayer is that God will give every reader a specific stone to slay the giants assigned to the formation of their ministry. Because of the significant role the preacher plays in the development of individuals' faith, it is imperative that we closely examine the core conflicts that can "sift the preacher as wheat". May each reader find the grace of God, through Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit which speak and breathe life into dead dry bones until the broken pulpit is restored.