Sustaining While Disrupting: The Challenge of Congregational Innovation
By: F Douglas Powe
4.06
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
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1. The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
By: Ronald A. Heifetz , Alexander Grashow , Marty Linsky
4.57
Format: None pages,
A hands-on, practical guide, "Practice of Adaptive Leadership" contains stories, tools, diagrams, c… read more
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2. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4.27
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more
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"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
3. Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading
By: Ronald A. Heifetz , Martin Linsky
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors To lead is to l… read more
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4. Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening
By: Diana Butler Bass
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Diana Butler Bass, one of contemporary Christianity's leading trend-spotters, exposes how the faili… read more
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5. Passionate Visionary: Leadership Lessons from the Apostle Paul
By: None
4.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
A seasoned Bible scholar and an expert in organizational leadership and change offer principles for… read more
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6. Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus
By: None
2.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Scholarly, pastoral, prophetic, and eloquent. The invitation to follow Jesus instead of worshiping… read more
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7. The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day
By: Justo L. González
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
This highly informative, narrative history covers the events, persons, external influences, and for… read more
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8. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
9. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
By: Adam M. Grant
4.14
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Think Again is a book about the benefit of doubt, and about how we can get better at embracing the … read more
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10. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
By: Beth Moore
4.47
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more
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"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
11. A Gambling Man (Archer, #2)
By: David Baldacci
4.14
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
Aloysius Archer, the straight-talking World War II veteran fresh out of prison, returns in this riv… read more
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"You have to give it thought when you’re changing your whole life."-David Baldacci, A Gambling Man (Archer, #2)
12. Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
By: Rainn Wilson
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
**New York Times Bestseller** Comedic actor, producer, and writer Rainn Wilson, cofounder of th… read more
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13. The Judge's List (The Whistler, #2)
By: John Grisham
4.15
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
Investigator Lacy Stoltz follows the trail of a serial killer, and closes in on a shocking suspect—… read more
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"He loved the gamesmanship. He was a sociopath who killed for revenge, but he tried on the planning and execution, and the perfection of his crimes."-John Grisham, The Judge's List (The Whistler, #2)
"She was the only girl he had ever loved. It ended abruptly when she ditched him for a football player. He carried the wounds for six years until he caught her and killed her. Only then had his pain s…"-John Grisham, The Judge's List (The Whistler, #2)
14. The Book of Longings
By: Sue Monk Kidd
4.24
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
“I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus.” Raised in a wealthy family in Sepphoris with ties to the ru… read more
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"Bless the largeness inside me, no matter how I fear it."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
"Her mind was an immense feral country that spilled its borders."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
"What most sets you apart is the spirit in you that rebels and persists."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
"When I tell you all shall be well, I don't mean that life won't bring you tragedy. Life will be life. I only mean you will be well in spite of it. All shall be well, no matter what."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
15. Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!: Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens
By: Kate Bowler
4.34
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Witty, honest, and wise spiritual reflections that invite readers to embrace the bad, not just the … read more
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16. WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
By: Abby Wambach
4.15
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Based on her inspiring, viral 2018 commencement speech to Barnard College’s graduates in New York C… read more
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"Note: When they say you're ridiculous, you know you're onto something."-Abby Wambach, WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
"[...] insist upon remembering. Because we know that the lessons of yesterday's loss become the fuel for tomorrow's win."-Abby Wambach, WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
17. Oh William!
By: Elizabeth Strout
3.86
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she conf… read more
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"I am not invisible no matter how deeply I feel that I am."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
"Mensen zijn eenzaam, dat wil ik hier maar mee zeggen. Veel mensen kunnen niet tegen degenen die ze goed kennen zeggen wat ze misschien wel zouden willen zeggen."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
"Er was iets aan haar wat ten diepste -bijna wezenlijk- in harmonie was met zichzelf, zoals iemand is, denk ik, wanneer allebei zijn ouders van hem hebben gehouden."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
"Verdriet is zoiets- o, het is zoiets éénzaams; dat is het beangstigende ervan, denk ik. Het is alsof je langs de glaswand van een heel hoog gebouw naar beneden glijdt terwijl niemand je ziet."-Elizabeth Strout, Oh William!
18. Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence
By: Diana Butler Bass
4.27
Format: 285 pages, Hardcover
The award-winning author of Grateful goes beyond the culture wars to offer a refreshing take on t… read more
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19. Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks
By: Diana Butler Bass
3.82
Format: 256 pages, ebook
The Wilbur Award-winning book Grateful is now available in paperback and with an updated subtitle. … read more
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20. Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most
By: Miroslav Volf
3.71
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER " Life Worth Living is transcendent. A collection of wisdom pu… read more
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21. If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
By: John Pavlovitz
4.40
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
Thou Shalt Not Be Horrible. Imagine for a moment what the world might look like if we as people … read more
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"The Good Book makes a really lousy hammer."-John Pavlovitz, If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
"A God our brains and buildings can fully hold just isn’t big enough to be truly God. The moment we imagine a rigid box adequately capable of containing the who, what, how, and why of everything that …"-John Pavlovitz, If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
22. The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals, Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope
By: Kelley Nikondeha
4.39
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
When we picture the first Advent, we see Mary and Joseph huddled by a manger. We picture Gabriel, m… read more
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23. The Unstuck Church: Equipping Churches to Experience Sustained Health
By: Tony Morgan
4.17
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Acclaimed church leader, blogger, founder and chief strategic officer of The Unstuck Group, Tony Mo… read more
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24. The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World
By: Alan J. Roxburgh
3.75
Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition
In The Missional Leader, consultants Alan J. Roxburgh and Fred Romanuk address two "How do we do m… read more
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25. Multiplying Love
By: Paul W. Chilcote
4.26
Format: 115 pages, Paperback
A Vision of United Methodist Life Together. Our world needs love during these desperate days of ra… read more
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26. Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us
By: Mark Yaconelli
4.35
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
"Now more than ever, we need a teacher and a book such as this."--Anne Lamott, from the foreword St… read more
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"The transformation occurs in the space between one heart and another. To be heard by someone who is present, open, and caring is to be led into freedom."-Mark Yaconelli, Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us
"We live in a world that is alive and generous and in need of care. Strangely, paradoxically, it is in serving and singing and telling our stories to one another that we discover the homecoming we’ve …"-Mark Yaconelli, Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us
"We are mysteries unto ourselves. Our lives come to us in random moments...Listen to the stories you tell others. The stories you repeat. The stories you want told at the end of your life. What does t…"-Mark Yaconelli, Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us
"To expose ourselves to another human's journey is to not only hear the ground truth but also to allow our hearts to soften and our minds to open so that we can access greater empathy, compassion, and…"-Mark Yaconelli, Between the Listening and the Telling: How Stories Can Save Us
27. Bible through the Lens of Trauma (Semeia Studies Book 86)
By: Elizabeth Boase
3.84
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Explore emerging trends in trauma studies and biblical interpretation In recent years there has be… read more
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28. Sustaining While Disrupting: The Challenge of Congregational Innovation
By: F Douglas Powe
4.06
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Clergy and other church leaders often feel pressed to preserve cherished traditions even as they di… read more
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29. Take the Next Step: Leading Lasting Change in the Church (Discoveries : Insights for Church Leadership)
By: Lovett H. Weems Jr.
3.78
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Learn how to work for genuine and effective change in your church without trying to throw out every… read more
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30. Synergy: A Leadership Guide for Church Staff and Volunteers
By: Ann A. Michel
3.90
Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition
The people are the church—not just the pastor. Yet, in many congregations there is a heavy imbalanc… read more
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31. Church Leadership: Vision, Team, Culture, and Integrity
By: Lovett H. Weems Jr.
3.61
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Much has changed since the first edition of Lovett Weems’s seminal work C hurch Leadership appeared… read more
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