Author:
Rowe, Christopher Kavin, 1974- author.
ImprintGrand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2023.
Descriptionviii, 136 pages ; 22 cm
Note:Part 1. The Acts of the Apostles and thriving communities -- The Pattern of Life in Thriving Communities -- Networking, a Feature of Thriving Communities -- Visibility, a Feature of Thriving Communities -- Room for the Weak in a Thriving Community -- Incorporating Disagreement in a Thriving Community -- Why Does Your Community Exist? -- Suffering Is Part of Thriving -- Part 2. Christian Leadership -- Humor as a Mark of Life-Giving Leadership -- Becoming a Christ-Shaped Leader -- The Formation of a Scriptural Imagination Cultivating Resilience -- Failure as Christ-Shaped Leadership -- Making the Connections -- Leadership and the Discipline of Silence -- Christian Success -- Listening Well -- Orienting Hierarchies toward the Good -- Our Most Significant Experiences Are in Institutions -- "Power" in the Christian Sense Is the Concrete Shape of Hope -- Leading in the Age of the Image -- The Church and the Vanishing Neighbor -- Part 3. Traditioned Innovation -- Traditioned Innovation, a Biblical Way of Thinking -- Pentecost as Traditioned Innovation -- Navigating the Differences in the Gospels -- The New Testament as an Innovation of the Old -- King Jesus -- Part 4. Christmas and Easter -- Why Christmas Needs Easter -- Why Easter Needs Christmas.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"Essays on leadership in Christian theology and practice."-- Provided by publisher.
