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EXCERPTS
The Meandering Way
Leading by Following the Spirit
Contents
Foreword by N. Graham Standish
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Sailing in the Desert
Chapter 1: The Meandering Way
Learning to Drive
So What’s Driving You?
Discovering the Meandering Way
Jesus, a Model Meanderer
From Heartache to Hope
Questions for Reflection
Chapter 2: The Spirit’s Leading
Getting Our Clocks and Compasses in Sync
Getting Lost
Can You Hear Me Now?
When We Encounter a Fork in the Road
When Opportunity Knocks
Discernment- Listening, Waiting, Reflecting, Acting and Awe
Unless God is With Us
Questions for Reflection
Chapter 3: Get a Life!
Meeting Ourselves for the Very First Time
Less Is More
Learning to Say No
Jesus, Our Role Model for Spiritual Health
The Value of Spiritual Direction
Getting a Life through Effective Self-Care
Questions for Reflection
Chapter 4: Keeping Life Real
In Search of Authenticity
Keeping the Church Real
A Worldwide Struggle to Be Real
Seeing Ourselves in the Mirror
A Real Earful
Learning to Lighten Up
Following Our Dreams to Become Real Again
Questions for Reflection
Chapter 5: Becoming a Spirit-Led Leader
Driven Leadership Leads to Spiritual Dehydration
Hitting Rock Bottom
Spiritual Leaders Are Made, Not Born
Blooming Where We Are Planted
Getting to Know the Congregations We Lead
Good Leaders Were Once Great Followers
Good Leaders Are Guided Followers
Spirit-Led Leaders Guide Others along the Way
Spiritual Leadership Comes from a Heart Centered in God
Going On
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978-1-56699-342-5; paper; 128 pp. (2007) |
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