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Within and beyond a congregation's walls, servant leadership grounded in faith builds trust, shares power, navigates chaos, and manages systems. Explore resources that will help you make vital connections between your worship and the world of work.
LEADERSHIP : Work and Faith
  Church on Sunday, Work on Monday: The Challenges of Fusing Christian Values with Business Life (Book)
Laura Nash, Scotty McLennan, Authors.
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2001.
This book is for clergy and congregations who want to be among the first to dialogue about matters of faith and practice, and for anyone who continues to find God at work in the marketplace.
Executive Values: A Christian Approach to Organizational Leadership (Book)
Kurt Senske, Author.
Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Press, 2003.
Executive Values offers provocative reading on such issues as becoming a servant-leader, creating an effective organizational culture, applying values to strategic planning, and intentionally taking time to be healthy.
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation (Book)
Parker J. Palmer, Author.
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1999.
Let Your Life Speak is an ideal resource for discernment groups supporting prospective clergy, for groups determining their paths of lay ministry, and for any groups or individuals who seek an authentic fulfillment of their "calling."
Life and Livelihood: A Handbook for Spirituality at Work (Book)
Whitney Wherrett Roberson, Author.
Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 2004.
Life and Livelihood fosters the development of "Spirituality at Work" conversation groups. The intent is transformation—allowing the opportunity for spiritual reflection on work habits and encouraging action based on these reflections.
Soul at Work: Spiritual Leadership in Organizations (Book)
Margaret Benefiel, Author.
Church Publishing Incorporated, 2005.
Margaret Benefiel, in Soul at Work, portrays individuals and organizations that have incorporated spirituality in the workplace. The term "soul" describes the lived manifestation of spirituality.
 The Active Life: A Spirituality of Work, Creativity, and Caring (Book)
Parker J. Palmer, Author.
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1999.
Using stories from various traditions, Parker Palmer explores how we can embrace the monastic virtues of silence, solitude, contemplation, and centeredness to achieve a spiritually guided active life.
Beyond Certainty: The Changing Worlds of Organizations (Book)
Charles Handy, Author.
Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1996.
While not intentionally directed toward religious organizations this book would be of interest to those concerned with leadership development, as well as spirituality and the workplace.
 Crown Financial Ministries (Organization)
Financial faithfulness is the focus of the study and training programs sponsored by Crown Financial Ministries, an interdenominational organization with operations in more than 100 U.S. cities.
Discerning Your Spiritual Gifts (Book)
Lloyd Edwards, Author.
Boston, MA: Cowley Publications, 1988.
Asserting that human talents become "spiritual gifts" when they equip us to assume our unique roles in God's creative and redemptive work, Lloyd Edwards offers exercises for gift discernment and a model for a spiritual gifts workshop.
Leadership Is an Art (Book)
Max Depree, Author.
Currency Publishing, 2004.
Leadership is an Art gives each reader both a finely crafted profile of a servant leader and the inspiration to become that person.
Spiritual Capital: Wealth We Can Live By (Book)
Danah Zohar, Ian Marshall, Authors.
San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2004.
The authors advocate the creation of a values-based business culture, where raising the common good is integral to an organization’s mission. They argue that, without this shift in attitude, our sense of life's meaning will diminish.
Taking Faith to Work: Next Steps for Christian Discipleship (Book)
Paul M. Minus, Author.
St. Paul, MN: Centered Life, 2004.
Paul Minus examines four kinds of workplace-related ministries: competence, caring, ethics, and change. He then explores how each ministry can further the kingdom of God. Aids and resources for small group study are included.
'Tis a Gift to Be Simple: Embracing the Freedom of Living with Less (Book)
Barbara DeGrote-Sorensen, David Allen Sorensen, Authors.
Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Books, 1992.
The authors of this book examine the stresses of contemporary American life and suggest, through the story of their own journey toward simplicity, that a simple life can fill our truest need—for a relationship with God.
Vocation: Discerning Our Callings in Life (Book)
Douglas J. Schuurman, Author.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004.
Douglas Schuurman offers his readers a thoughtful and through exploration of the classic Protestant concept of vocation: a sense that our daily lives are arenas in which to live out our love of God and our neighbor.
When the Members are the Missionaries: An Extraordinary Calling for Ordinary People (Book)
A. Wayne Schwab, Author.
Essex, New York: Member Mission Press, 2002.
As redefined in this book, the work of the church is supporting members as they discover their unique calling to serve in the mission fields of daily life. Includes missionary stories and a process for congregational transformation.
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