The Three Tasks of Leadership: Worldly Wisdom for Pastoral Leaders

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Introduction: Mentor to mentor / Walt Wright -- Task 1: Defining reality. Leadership as interpreting reality / Marguerite Shuster -- Defining the reality of your role : historical contexts and theological models of christian leadership / Charles J. Scalise -- The reality of your context : fundamental elements and multicultural leadership / William Dyrness -- Defining institutional realities : the myth of the right form / Sherwood Lingenfelter -- The pulpit as primary setting for defining reality / Earl F. Palmer -- Task 2: Servanthood. The primacy of servanthood / Siang-Yang Tan -- Serving through wisdom / James E. Bradley -- Evaluating servanthood : from servant leadership to leading as serving / David Augsburger -- Spiritual formation as service : the essential foundation for leadership / Richard Peace -- The service of personal identity : created for "good" work / Linda Wagener -- Ministry implications of service / Nancy Ortberg -- Task 3: Saying thanks. The challenge of gratitude / Richard J. Mouw -- Gratitude as access to meaning / Mark Lau Branson -- Gratitude as organizational ethos / Howard Wilson -- Paying attention to people as gratitude / Wilbert R. Shenk -- The grateful pastor / Dennis N. Voskuil -- Continuing the conversation. The formation of future leading servants / Robert Banks -- A leadership library for pastors.