Description In The Irrational Jesus: Leading the Fully Human Church, Ken Evers-Hood explored how our predictable irrationality can trip us up and how we can adjust for biases.
Also, the lay person will find a refreshing imagination around what it means to see faith as a gift of grace not an achievement of certainty." --Eric Barreto, Associate Professor of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary "Through personal storytelling, poetry, and reflections on the stories of our faith, Ken gives us a model for how to organize our.
This book is a refreshing read for pastors looking to revitalize their ministry by reminding us all that we are not just brains that ponder logically, but feeling creatures trying to move through a confounding world. "Evers-Hood invites us into a powerful series of intertwining reflections on Scripture, poetry, ministry, and faith.
And welcome a fellow traveler into your life who has found strength through vulnerability and is willing to share his journey on the beautiful and messy road of faith with you.
Find new layers of meaning in familiar Scriptures.
Discover how irrationality and poetry can prepare us for the real conversations for which our communities are so hungry.
Offering his own poetry as a lens, Ken enters into scripture and creates a conversation between the spoken word and sacred text.
In four sections, The Irrational David observes King David the believer, the beloved, the beautiful mess, and the broken-hearted.
Through his work with poet David Whyte, Ken explores poetic leadership in King David, a fully human, Irrational leader who knew how to stir people with song.
In The Irrational David: The Power of Poetic Leadership, Ken invites you to sing.
Because we are like small rational riders astride enormous emotional elephants, leaders must learn how to sing to elephants even as they speak to riders.
Leaders who live in their heads will never connect deeply with the hearts of those they serve.
But irrationality isn\'t all bad.
Description In The Irrational Jesus: Leading the Fully Human Church, Ken Evers-Hood explored how our predictable irrationality can trip us up and how we can adjust for biases