Letting Go
Transforming Congregations for Ministry
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church
| Author: | Roy D. Phillips | ISBN: | 9781566995764 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | December 1, 1999 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Roy D. Phillips |
| ISBN: | 9781566995764 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publication: | December 1, 1999 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
Interlude 1 The ``Letting Go'' Interludes From Membership to Ministry What They Come Hoping For For the Life of the Spirit Members as Consumers Professional Spiritual Care Providers The Training of Ministers Evoking the Ministry of the LaityInterlude 2 Letting Go of Numbers as Proof of Success Letting Go of the Sacred/Secular Split Jesus on Letting Go The Poet Emily Dickinson on Letting Go Letting Go While Sounding a Warning A Personal Prayer for Letting Go From Entitlement to Mission Entitled to Influence Inadequate Missions Vision Evokes Mission Mission Discernment Review and Outcomes Two Theologies of Congregational Life Assets of the Community A Community of Gifts Dancing the Missional Outcomes An Outcomes Matrix Interlude 3 Letting Go of Solo Pastoring Letting Go of Being the Instructor A Chinese Philosopher Speaks of Letting Go in Leadership Letting Go of Ministry as Entitlement Letting Go of Being the Wise One From Education to Spiritual Development Early American Origins of Spiritual Development Early Influence of the Idea of Spiritual Development Spiritual Development in Congregations Today Outcomes Who Will Lead? Exploring Scripture toward Spiritual Growth ``The Basics'' Looking Ahead and Finding Ways to Share Interlude 4 A Catholic Mystic on the Divine Seed Letting Go of ``For Adults Only'' Religion Letting Go into Images Letting Go Inwardly---An Exercise Letting Go Inwardly---An Exercise Continues 1 Letting Go Inwardly---An Exercise Continues 2 The Artist Philip Guston on Letting Go Jesus on Letting Go From Diversity to Engagement Creative Interchange Structured for Conflict? Tolerating Each Other Beyond Tolerance of Diversity to Engagement Mutuality Other Ways of Reflecting Together A Call Forward Interlude 5 Letting Go of Unilateral Power Letting Go into Non-Anxious Leadership The Poet Mary Sarton on Letting Go The Poet Philip Booth on Letting Go Notes
Interlude 1 The ``Letting Go'' Interludes From Membership to Ministry What They Come Hoping For For the Life of the Spirit Members as Consumers Professional Spiritual Care Providers The Training of Ministers Evoking the Ministry of the LaityInterlude 2 Letting Go of Numbers as Proof of Success Letting Go of the Sacred/Secular Split Jesus on Letting Go The Poet Emily Dickinson on Letting Go Letting Go While Sounding a Warning A Personal Prayer for Letting Go From Entitlement to Mission Entitled to Influence Inadequate Missions Vision Evokes Mission Mission Discernment Review and Outcomes Two Theologies of Congregational Life Assets of the Community A Community of Gifts Dancing the Missional Outcomes An Outcomes Matrix Interlude 3 Letting Go of Solo Pastoring Letting Go of Being the Instructor A Chinese Philosopher Speaks of Letting Go in Leadership Letting Go of Ministry as Entitlement Letting Go of Being the Wise One From Education to Spiritual Development Early American Origins of Spiritual Development Early Influence of the Idea of Spiritual Development Spiritual Development in Congregations Today Outcomes Who Will Lead? Exploring Scripture toward Spiritual Growth ``The Basics'' Looking Ahead and Finding Ways to Share Interlude 4 A Catholic Mystic on the Divine Seed Letting Go of ``For Adults Only'' Religion Letting Go into Images Letting Go Inwardly---An Exercise Letting Go Inwardly---An Exercise Continues 1 Letting Go Inwardly---An Exercise Continues 2 The Artist Philip Guston on Letting Go Jesus on Letting Go From Diversity to Engagement Creative Interchange Structured for Conflict? Tolerating Each Other Beyond Tolerance of Diversity to Engagement Mutuality Other Ways of Reflecting Together A Call Forward Interlude 5 Letting Go of Unilateral Power Letting Go into Non-Anxious Leadership The Poet Mary Sarton on Letting Go The Poet Philip Booth on Letting Go Notes
