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Today's rapid, deep, and pervasive changes in North American
culture present myriad challenges for faith communities now and in
the years ahead. Oswald explores the use of rituals as spiritually
healing practices for the home, congregation, and broader
community. He teaches congregational leaders how individuals and
groups can use familiar new rituals to name, evaluate, live out,
celebrate, and grow through change.
Congregations often find themselves in power struggles over two
opposing views. People on both sides believe strongly that they are
right. They also assume that if they are right, their opposition
must be wrong--classic 'either/or' thinking. A polarity is a pair
of truths that need each other over time. When an argument is about
two poles of a polarity, both sides are right and need each other
to experience the whole truth. This phenomenon has been recognized
and written about for centuries in philosophy and religion. It is
at the heart of Taoism, where we find the familiar polarity of yin
and yang energy. In the past fifty years, business leaders have
come to appreciate the phenomenon, often called dilemma or paradox.
No matter what it is called, the research is clear: leaders and
organizations that manage polarities well outperform those who
don't.
Beginning Ministry Together is about the transition period between
the announcement that one pastor is leaving and the time when
another pastor is well settled. The message brought by Roy Oswald
and colleagues Jim and Ann Heath is that this is not an impossible
time to be survived only with a lot of expert help. Rather, even
though the task is complex, committed congregational leaders can
handle it with the help of people who have been on this journey
before. Oswald describes how clergy and congregations can better
end and begin pastorates. He shows them how to say good-bye and
discern their needs for the future how to use the open space
between pastorates for evaluation and preparation for a new day."
Can how you leave a church affect your feelings about leaving or
create baggage you take to your new congregation? Gain insight into
termination styles and how they affect both you and your
parishioners. Using real-life illustrations, Oswald guides you
through Alban Institute research findings to help you prepare for a
departure.
If you've read the book or viewed the course, now lead your church
in study with this workbook approach to Alban's Inviting Church
materials. Its fifteen sessions are designed to help clergy or lay
leaders guide committees or study groups through a dynamic
exploration of their congregation's IQ (invitation quotient).
Discover how well you invite, welcome, and incorporate new members.
As participants uncover the inviting elements of your church, they
develop a personal witness style that emerges comfortably from
their individual gifts.
Nationally known for his work and teaching on clergy development,
Oswald integrates research and experience into a liberating
perspective on the pastoral calling. Packed with self-assessment
tools, real-life experiences, and specific care strategies, this
book will help you discover how imbalances in your physical,
emotional, spiritual, and intellectual lives can destroy the very
ministry you seek to carry out. Learn what you can do to restore
that much-needed balance.
Roy Oswald, who ministers to pastors with great compassion,
perceptiveness, and skill, now brings eight more years of field
experience to an updated edition of "New Beginnings." Important new
material includes: More wisdom about how to take care of yourself
in the midst of the stress of transition...how to get clear about
your role in your new parish...how to get along with people you
don't like (as well as people you DO like)...how to celebrate with
the search committee. Getting off to a good start in your new
pastorate is crucial. If you have moved or are about to move into a
new parish ministry, this workbook will help you take advantage of
the special opportunities and avoid the pitfalls in the first 18
months of a pastorate.
Combining pastoral and behavioral science expertise, the authors
spell out ways type and temperament theory illuminate the clergy
role. Learn how to use the 16 Myers-Briggs personality types to
recognize and affirm your gifts, work with your liabilities, and
understand and accept those with whom you minister. "Being a parish
pastor is a very complex role. Our mission in this book is to make
that task a little less complex and a little more fun by looking at
our congregations through the lens of the MBTI." -- The authors
Ever wonder why some people never return after their first visit?
Why some join but you rarely see them? Or why others become active
participants in your church family's life and worship? Discover how
your congregation can meet growth challenges. Based on Alban
Institute research, The Inviting Church includes a self-study
design for assessing assimilation processes and analyzing visitors'
perceptions.
Religious leaders require tremendous skill in emotional
intelligence, yet their training very rarely addresses how to
develop the practical skills needed-from self-awareness to
resilience. Emotional Intelligence Religious Leaders draws on the
latest research in business, psychology, and theology to offer
religious leaders the information and tools they need to increase
their emotional intelligence and enhance their relationships,
communication and conflict management skills, spirituality, and
overall well-being. The book offers both a deep understanding of
how to develop emotional intelligence and also prescriptive
insights about how to practice it that will be helpful for
religious leaders in many settings, including congregational
ministry, lay ministry, spiritual direction, pastoral counseling,
and more.
Religious leaders require tremendous skill in emotional
intelligence, yet their training very rarely addresses how to
develop the practical skills needed-from self-awareness to
resilience. Emotional Intelligence Religious Leaders draws on the
latest research in business, psychology, and theology to offer
religious leaders the information and tools they need to increase
their emotional intelligence and enhance their relationships,
communication and conflict management skills, spirituality, and
overall well-being. The book offers both a deep understanding of
how to develop emotional intelligence and also prescriptive
insights about how to practice it that will be helpful for
religious leaders in many settings, including congregational
ministry, lay ministry, spiritual direction, pastoral counseling,
and more.
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