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  • The Enneagram Goes to Church: Wisdom for Leadership, Worship, and Congregational Life, By Todd Wilson
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    The Enneagram Goes to Church

    Wisdom for Leadership, Worship, and Congregational Life

    by Todd A Wilson

    If I had known the Enneagram earlier in my ministry, I would have been a much better pastor.

    When this thought came to Todd Wilson, he had already served as a pastor in several churches for the better part of fifteen years and was successfully leading a large, historic, and diverse congregation. He'd started out in ministry with a strong education in everything from ...

  • Buried Talents: Overcoming Gendered Socialization to Answer God's Call, By Susan Harris Howell
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    Buried Talents

    Overcoming Gendered Socialization to Answer God's Call

    by Susan Carol Harris Howell
    Foreword by Mimi Haddad

    Reader's Choice Award Winner

    If God is calling women to lead, what's holding them back? Susan Harris Howell has spent years helping students investigate this question. In Buried Talents, she makes clear how gender disparity in leadership is directly connected to a larger, less overt issue: gendered socialization. Howell examines gendered messages ...

  • Improvising Church: Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm, and Soul, By Mark Glanville
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    Improvising Church

    Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm, and Soul

    by Mark R Glanville

    Word Guild Award Winner—Academic

    Englewood Review of Books Best Theology Book of the Year

    Plenty of books diagnose our post-Christian malaise. Here's a dynamic solution.

    The post-Christian cultural turn is creating the conditions for a crisis of confidence in the church and in pastoral ministry. While such changes can be disruptive ...

  • Rethinking the Police: An Officer's Confession and the Pathway to Reform, By Daniel Reinhardt
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    Rethinking the Police

    An Officer's Confession and the Pathway to Reform

    by Daniel Eugene Reinhardt

    Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist

    A former officer grapples with the reality of our broken police culture

    Our society has long been stuck in cultural and ideological battles about police brutality and the police force's broken relationship with our communities. Rethinking the Police promises to start a more hopeful conversation.

    Daniel ...

  • You Were Never Meant to Lead Alone: The Power of Sharing Leadership, By E. K. Strawser
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    You Were Never Meant to Lead Alone

    The Power of Sharing Leadership

    by Eun Kyong Strawser
    Afterword by David E. Fitch
    Foreword by Alexia Salvatierra

    Build a Collaborative and Sustainable Ministry Structure

    The work of the church is more than any one person can handle, and God never intended for one pastor to do all a church's ministry alone.

    Discover a communal andbiblical model of missional leadership in You Were Never Meant to Lead Alone. In this book, E. K. Strawser seeks to recover the shared leadership ...

  • Rediscovering Scripture's Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts, By Lucy Peppiatt
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    Rediscovering Scripture's Vision for Women

    Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts

    by Lucy Peppiatt
    Foreword by Scot McKnight

    IVP Readers' Choice Award

    Does God call women to serve as equal partners in marriage and as leaders in the church?

    The answer to this straightforward question is deeply contested. Into the fray, Lucy Peppiatt offers her work on interpretation of the Bible and Christian practice. With careful exegetical work, Peppiatt considers relevant passages in Ephesians, ...

  • Belonging and Becoming: Creating a Thriving Family Culture, By Mark Scandrette and Lisa Scandrette
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    Belonging and Becoming

    Creating a Thriving Family Culture

    by Mark A. Scandrette and Lisa Scandrette

    Renew your imagination for what family life can be.Many of us feel overwhelmed about the prospect of raising children in our high-performance, rapid-pace culture. Reflecting on difficulties from our own families of origin can increase our doubt and insecurity about being a good parent. Positive examples of family life can seem few and far between.

    Mark and Lisa Scandrette ...

  • More Bricks Less Straw: Doing More with Less - Ancient Keys to Unlocking Potential and Increasing Productivity Within Your Organization, By Dave Farrington
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    More Bricks Less Straw

    Doing More with Less - Ancient Keys to Unlocking Potential and Increasing Productivity Within Your Organization

    by Dave Farrington

    In today's cutthroat business environment, leaders are expected to do more with less. Bottom lines are on the increase; available resources on the decrease. Worse, managers must achieve these grand goals while keeping morale at an all-time high. This isn't just a trend. It's the state of business today. And really, it's nothing new. In ancient Egypt, the Israelite slaves were forced to make more ...

  • Leading Through Resistance: Quit Pushing Back, By Tod Bolsinger
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    Leading Through Resistance

    Quit Pushing Back

    Practicing Change Series

    by Tod Bolsinger
    Illustrated by Mark Demel
    Foreword by Marty Linsky

    Don't Eliminate Resistance; Lead Through It!

    Every leader knows the stormy seas of resistance. When faced with change, even the most dedicated teams can push back, especially when there's something to lose. How do you guideyour team through these turbulent times without losing sight of the mission? Leading Through Resistance by Tod Bolsinger is a beacon for leaders ...