When we consider this month’s focus on “Living in an Insane World”, it’s an appropriate time to look at Tod Bolsinger’s Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory. As Bolsinger puts it, “Seminary didn’t prepare me for this!”
Consider a time when churches functioned primarily as vendors of religious services for a Christian culture. At the time, the primary leadership toolbox was:
- Teaching to provide Christian education
- Liturgics for leading Christian services
- Pastoral care for offering Christian counsel and support
In this changing world, we need to add a new set of leadership tools. And this applies equally well to Christians serving in leadership beyond the parish.
Using the story of Lewis and Clark’s expedition and applying the best insights from organizational leadership and missional theology, Bolsinger will help us learn together what it means for Christians to lead when the journey goes “off the map.”
Just as Lewis and Clark did, we will learn that if we can adapt and adventure, we can thrive.
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