Leadership Conversations with Jennifer Maxell

Flourish: Taking the Risk of Vulnerability, Safety & Authenticity In Ministry

We are living and leading in interesting times. People are either turning to the church, with more demands and expectations on us as leaders and the church in general; or they are leaving the church sometimes hurt, sometimes confused, almost always searching for more.

As leaders we exhaust ourselves trying to meet these demands by doing more, but what if the answer isn’t doing more, but BEING more? Being more authentic to be exact. If we’ve been in ministry for any length of time, we know that authenticity can be risky business, but what if that is the risk that we are being asked to take as we try to navigate these interesting days and create safe spaces where God’s people can flourish?

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