This book seeks to provide a way for pastors and
other leaders to work together to get themselves emotionally
unstuck and to help their congregations as systems get unstuck.
Because many of our smaller problems are a product of the current
paradigm shift, this book strives also to use ideas about
problem-solving from Brief Systemic Therapy to shed light on the
implications of this paradigm shift for our communities of
faith. It urges our leaders to anticipate
the birth of churches and synagogues that reflect the new paradigm
and to guide us to learn the role of midwife. This book first asks:
What is the nature of systemic problems in which we get stuck? And
then: What is the nature of the solutions that get us unstuck? The
other key question: What is the nature of
leadership
for our times that can best help us get our churches unstuck
while keeping leaders emotionally healthy?