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Humble Leadership

Being Radically Open to God's Guidance and Grace
  • ISBN-13: 9781566993364
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
  • By N. Graham Standish
  • Price: AUD $60.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 16/04/2007
  • Format: Paperback (228.00mm X 154.00mm) 200 pages Weight: 286g
  • Categories: Religion & beliefs [HR]
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There comes a point at which leaderhsip can break down precisely because of our success as leaders. When confidence turns to pride and arrogance, we lose sight of the people that we have been called to serve and become consumed with following our own vision. Graham Standish offers a way forward that moves us through this paradox by seeking to humbly follow Gods plans rather than our own. Humble leadership, grounded in the teachings of Jesus, means recognizing that what we have and who we are is a gift from God, and our lives should reflect our gratitude for this gift. It requires us to be radically and creatively open to Gods guidance, grace, and presence in everything. When we lead out of such openness, Gods power and grace flow through us. The path Standish proposes is not easy. Humble leadership can be personally dangerous, exposing our weakness, powerlessness, fear, and anxiety. Our cultural need for strength infects Christian leaders with a pride that causes them to ignore biblical teachings on humility. But a humble leader says to God, "Im yours, no matter where you call me to go, what you call me to do, and how you call me to be. I will seek your will and way as I lead others to do the same."

N. Graham Standish is pastor of Calvin Presbyterian Church in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, a church devoted to following Christ through prayer and spirituality. He is the author of the best-selling Becoming a Blessed Church and other books and articles on spirituality and spiritual direction.

"Only rarely does a book make me stop, put it down, and pray. Humble Leadership made me do just that." -- Diana Butler Bass

"This is a brilliant book and, equally, a very pastoral one. The result is a book worthy of savoring several times over." -- Phyllis Tickle

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