A Work of Heart Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders

by McNeal, Reggie

• ISBN13: 9781118103180
• ISBN10: 1118103181
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-27
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

In A Work of Heart, best-selling author and expert Reggie McNeal helps leaders reflect on the ways in which God is shaping them by letting us see God at work in the lives of four quintessential biblical leaders: Moses, David, Jesus, and Paul. McNeal identifies the formative influences upon these leaders, which he sees as God's ways of working in their lives--the same influences at work today forming leaders for ministry in our times. He explores the shaping influence of: (1) culture: the times and the environment in which a leader is raised; (2) call: the leader's sense of personal, God-given mission; (3) community: the people whose comradeship shapes and sustains the leader; (4) communion: the leader's personal relationship with God; (5) conflict: the leader's engagement of destructive forces in life and ministry; and (6) the commonplace: the daily choices of living. Using illustrative stories of contemporary leaders opening their hearts to God's guidance, McNeal show how--just as God used these influences to shape Moses, David, Jesus, and Paul--God is using the same influences to shape the hearts of Christian leaders today.

Author Biography

Reggie McNeal is the missional leadership specialist for Leadership Network. Drawing on twenty years of leadership roles in local congregations and his work over the last two decades with thousands of clergy and church leaders, McNeal counsels local churches, denominational groups, seminaries and colleges, and parachurch organizations in their leadership development needs.
Leadership Network, a division of OneHundredX, seeks to accelerate the impact of 100X leaders. Since 1996, Leadership Network Publications has presented thoroughly researched and practical concepts from leading thinkers, practitioners, and pioneering churches. www.leadnet.org

Table of Contents

About the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series	p. ix
Preface to the Updated Edition	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction: Looking for God in All the Right Places	p. xix
How God Shaped Moses, David, Paul, and Jesus for Leadership	p. 1
Moses: A Heart on a Mission	p. 3
David: A Heart After God	p. 21
Paul: A Heart Captured by God	p. 36
Jesus: The Heartbeat of God	p. 51
Recognizing God's Shaping Work in Our Own Lives	p. 71
Culture: Meeting the World	p. 73
Call: Figuring Out Why We Are Here	p. 94
Community: Connecting with Others' Hearts	p. 114
Communion: Rehearsing for Eternity	p. 137
Conflict: Learning to Die So We Can Live	p. 154
Commonplace: Discovering That the Ordinary Is Extra-Ordinary	p. 175
Conclusion: Collaborating with God's Heart-Shaping Project	p. 187
References	p. 193
The Author	p. 195
Index	p. 197
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