Serving with Grace: Lay Leadership as a Spiritual Practice

If spirituality is anything, it is everything.

Those who think about their spiritual lives as somehow separate and distinct from the rest of their lives don't yet understand that spirituality is about wholeness.

(The word "whole" shares linguistic and philosophical roots with the word "holy.").

There is no separate spiritual sphere.

To the woman or man who is living in the spirit, there is nothing but spirit.-from Serving with GraceDiscover how to experience congregational work as an integrated element in a fully rounded spiritual life.

Written for both those in the more typically recognized "leadership roles"-such as board members and committee chairs-as well as for those who lead while serving on a committee, teaching in religious education or helping to pull together the Holiday Fair.

Makes a useful addition to a congregation's leadership development programs.