Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
How to Read This Book
Final Thoughts Before We Begin
Chapter 1 - A Reality Check: Living in the In-Between
A New Thing
The End of Christendom
The Parable of the Sower
An In-Between Time
Chapter 2 - Possibilities for the Future: Discerning an Image of the Congregation
Discerning the Right Thing
Three Images
When the Images Combine
Remembering - Main Street Church
Letting Go - Trinity Church
Resurrecting - Faith Church
The Inevitability of Loss
Chapter 3 - Remembering: A New Way of Seeing What Was
Endings
Paradox
Addiction
Chapter 4 - Letting Go: Insights from Hospice
Chapter 5 - Resurrecting: Spirituality and Ethics Revisited
The Parable of the Yeast
A Tiny Part of the Whole
Big Effects
A Transforming/Corrupting Presence
A Time-Consuming Process of Change
Nurturing Spirituality
The Examen Prayer
The Rule of Life
Spiritual Direction
Claiming the Ethic of Jesus
Chapter 6 - A New Model of Leadership: Inwardly Directed and Outwardly Focused
A New Model of Leadership
Envision the Productive Community
Look Within
Embrace the Hypocritical Self
Transcend Fear
Embody a Vision of the New Community
Disturb the System
Surrender to the Emergent Process
Entice Through Moral Power
Strength, Sensitivity and Faith
Conclusion
Index
About the Authors