Mandy Smith

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  Unfettered : Imagining A Childlike Faith Beyond The Baggage Of Western Cult

  $18.99

  Western culture is in a tailspin and Christian faith is entangled in it: we do kingdom things in empire ways. Western approaches to faith leave us feeling depressed, doubting, anxious, and burned out. We know something is wrong with the way we do faith and church in the West, but we’re so steeped in it that we don’t know where to begin to break old habits.

  Popular pastor and speaker Mandy Smith invites us to detox from the deeply ingrained habits of Western culture so we can do kingdom things in kingdom ways again. She explores how we can be transformed by new postures and habits that help us see God already at work in and around us. The way forward isn’t more ideas, programs, and problem-solving but in Jesus’s surprising invitation to the kingdom through childlikeness. Ultimately, rediscovering childlike habits is a way for us to remember how to be human.

  Unfettered helps us reimagine how to follow God with our whole selves again and join with God’s mission in the world. Foreword by Walter Brueggemann.

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  Vulnerable Pastor : How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry

  $22.00

  Foreword
  Introduction: God Is An Odd Leader

  Part I: Getting Over Ourselves: Vulnerability With God
  1. Filled With Emptiness
  2. What Makes Us Feel Weak. And What Doesn’t: A Confession
  3. Save Me! Vulnerability And Salvation
  4. Feeling Exposed: How Vulnerable Pastors Handle Emotions
  5. I Need You! How Vulnerable Pastors Pray
  6. Letting The Bible Read Us: How Vulnerable Pastors Read The Bible

  Part II: Being True To Ourselves: Vulnerability Behind The Scenes
  7. Learning To Like The Mess: How Vulnerable Pastors Create Culture
  8. Changing The Mold: How Vulnerable Pastors Recognize And Develop Leaders
  9. Taking Our Own Sweet Time: How Vulnerable Pastors Use Their Time And Energy
  10. Thriving For Others: How Vulnerable Pastors Measure Success

  Part III: Practicing In Public: Vulnerability With An Audience
  11. Welcome To The Process: How Vulnerable Pastors Teach And Preach
  12. The Right Kind Of Desperate: How Vulnerable Pastors Engage With The World

  Epilogue: Unfading Treasure In Jars Of Clay
  Discussion Guide
  Acknowledgments
  Notes

  Additional Info
  Often pastors feel like we need to project strength and competency in order to minister effectively. That’s why we go to conferences and emulate the latest superstars. But we know we can never live up to those images. Deep down, we know our own limitations, our weaknesses, our faults. We fear that if people knew who we really are, we’d be disqualified from ministry. Not so. Mandy Smith unpacks the biblical paradox that God’s strength is revealed through our human weakness. Transparently describing her pastoral journey, Smith shows how vulnerability shapes ministry, through our spiritual practices and relationships, influencing our preaching, teaching and even the nuts and bolts of the daily schedule. Understanding our human constraints makes our ministry more sustainable and guards us against disillusionment and burnout. We don’t have to have it all together. Recognizing our weakness makes us rely on God, so our weakness can become a ministry resource. God has called you to lead not as a demigod, but as a human, so the world can see that the church is a place for humans like them.

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