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Confessions of an Amateur Saint
The Christian Leader's Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Reliance on God
Mandy Smith(0)
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Confession Is Good for the Soul . . . and for Your Leadership
Why are so many Christian leaders burning out, losing faith, and abusing power? Rather than relying on our self-sufficiency and toughing our way through the tension, Mandy Smith invites us to confess it. As a pastor who also equips and encourages other pastors, Mandy feels the pain. Instead of offering more strategies to fix our problems, she reminds us of the call that first captured our imagination, directing our passions back to God and God's people. In her book you will:
- experience the surprising freedom of grappling with a loving God
- be released from illusions of control into a lifestyle of healing hope
- rediscover your passion for ministry and your love for God and God's people.
Confessions of an Amateur Saint is a different kind of leadership book for a different kind of leader. And different is what we need these days-spiritual leadership refined by fire rather than burned out by it, a leadership unencumbered by unrealistic expectations, a leadership reconnected to the God who receives our confession with love and restores our soul for the task ahead.
In a time where all Christian leaders are required to be pioneers, let Mandy skillfully guide you to a fresh, spiritually-fueled integrity, not weighted by false expectations but leading your people as your faith is increasingly shaped like Christ.
Why are so many Christian leaders burning out, losing faith, and abusing power? Rather than relying on our self-sufficiency and toughing our way through the tension, Mandy Smith invites us to confess it. As a pastor who also equips and encourages other pastors, Mandy feels the pain. Instead of offering more strategies to fix our problems, she reminds us of the call that first captured our imagination, directing our passions back to God and God's people. In her book you will:
- experience the surprising freedom of grappling with a loving God
- be released from illusions of control into a lifestyle of healing hope
- rediscover your passion for ministry and your love for God and God's people.
Confessions of an Amateur Saint is a different kind of leadership book for a different kind of leader. And different is what we need these days-spiritual leadership refined by fire rather than burned out by it, a leadership unencumbered by unrealistic expectations, a leadership reconnected to the God who receives our confession with love and restores our soul for the task ahead.
In a time where all Christian leaders are required to be pioneers, let Mandy skillfully guide you to a fresh, spiritually-fueled integrity, not weighted by false expectations but leading your people as your faith is increasingly shaped like Christ.
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"Like Mandy Smith's previous books, this is a searingly honest confession by a truly vulnerable pastor. Dr. Smith acknowledges her impulse to desire success, certainty, and comfort but shares how she has come to yearn for a different perspective-one that sees what God sees, glimpses what God is doing, and tries to follow the prompts of the Spirit. If you're like me, you'll be deeply disquieted by Confessions of an Amateur Saint. It's scary. Scary good."
Michael Frost, Morling College, Sydney
"What Mandy offers here ought to be self-evident among those who work in churches or in positions of spiritual influence, but sadly it is not. We have lost the art of true spiritual leadership, of what it means to be an elder in the church. We lean too heavily on secular skills and perspectives in our work of ministry and not enough on the sheer act of faith. Mandy challenges us to return to the vulnerable, messy, courageous work of real leadership after the pattern of Jesus. It is a call worth hearing and leaning into because the world starves for more truly spiritual leaders."
Carolyn Moore, pastor and church planter