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The Resilient Leader: How Adversity Can Change You and Your Ministry for the Better is unavailable, but you can change that!

Adversity often comes without warning. Bad news is shocking. Betrayal is heartbreaking. It’s natural for a church leader to feel defensive and want to fight back. But fear and anger make for poor strategies when it comes to resolving conflict and thriving afterward.   Is it possible to rise above the storm and even thrive despite it? Ordained minister and leadership consultant Alfred Ells says...

other. We tend to create inner narratives that magnify the other person’s weaknesses and minimize our own contribution to the dispute. We can become so focused on the other person that we fail to see our own complicity and we totally miss what God wants us to see about ourselves. The path to God’s favor always requires self-examination and a right heart before God (Ps. 139:23–24). In our counseling session, Michael