Open-hearted ministry
Subtitle: play as key to pastoral leadership
By: Michael Koppel.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780800662950
Subjects: Pastoral theology; Play -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Description: "This book invites religious leaders to tap the responsive and contagious vitality of faith. Professional practice, if creative, will be spontaneous and lively. Pastors may lose their inherent resilience by focusing attention and expending energy in ways that deplete the soul. Michael Koppel shows how to reclaim one's "internal misfit" recovering those qualities, characteristics, and skills that God has gifted to each person and community in order to lead more freely and effectively in ministry. Conforming to or resisting external demands leads to disheartenment, while the practice of play empowers, restores, and heals. Dr. Koppel charts a course for you to develop or rediscover your style of faithfully engaged leadership." --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Playfully misfit : a vision for effective pastoral leadership; title: Play and grief : renewing trust for ministry; title: Playing with plays : discovering authentic selfhood in ministry; title: Leadership as creative adventure; title: Pastoral leaders teach others to play; title: Caring enough to play : misfit care practices for pastoral ministry; title: All I ever needed to know I learned on the playground : insights and practices for pastoral leadership.