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  Spiritual Friendship More Ready Than You Realize: Evangelism as Dance in the Postmodern Matrix, Brian D McLaren By: Linnea Nilsen Capshaw “To practice spiritual friendship, to make disciples, to evangelize—whatever we call

  The Practice of Group Discernment Beyond the Ordinary: Spirituality for Church Leaders, Ben C Johnson & Andrew Dreitcer By: Linnea Nilsen Capshaw “This process (group discernment) assumes that all involved share the

  The Practice of Discernment Beyond the Ordinary: Spirituality for Church Leaders, Ben C Johnson & Andrew Dreitcer By: Linnea Nilsen Capshaw “We must continually remind ourselves that discernment has more to do

  Myth in Congregational Spirituality Beyond the Ordinary: Spirituality for Church Leaders, Ben C Johnson & Andrew Dreitcer By: Linnea Nilsen Capshaw “If a leader is to be effective in developing a spiritual

  4 Leadership Team Dynamics to Put on Your Radar By: John Laster Healthy congregational leadership has reached an endangered species level. If effective local congregational leadership was a bird or native plant,

  Exit Interviews By: John Laster In order for leadership teams or ministry teams to function in a healthy manner for the long term, problems and issues need to be surfaced and dealt