Episode 141 JR Woodward on the Scandal of Leadership

In this episode, JR Woodward takes us on a deep dive into the nature of authentic Christlike servant leadership and how missional leaders can practice a self-emptying spirituality that reshapes us into the types of persons who model Christ before a watching world.

Pick up a copy of JR’s latest book: The Scandal of Leadership: Unmasking the Powers of Domination in the Church https://amzn.to/3YWYgLc

Check out JR’s earlier conversation with me on Episode 32 https://youtu.be/58De8PsisLg

JR’s website: www.JRwoodward.com 

Books by JR Woodward

Creating a Missional Culture (IVP, 2012) https://amzn.to/35UJcSS

The Church as Movement: Starting and Sustaining Missional-Incarnational Communities (with Dan White; IVP, 2016) https://amzn.to/320P0t6

ViralHope: Good News from the Urbs to the Burbs (and Everything in Between) (2010) https://amzn.to/321yedl

Books Recommended by JR

Rene Girard Deceit, Desire, & the Novel: Self and Other in Literary Structure https://amzn.to/3oJToGG

Peter Scazzero The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World https://amzn.to/3oURAuC

James K. A. Smith Desiring the Kingdom (Cultural Liturgies) https://amzn.to/3kMtijX

William Stringfellow An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land https://amzn.to/35P2Vn6

Walter Wink Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination https://amzn.to/3ectI0q

Brian Russell’s Books

Astonished by the Word: Reading Scripture for Deep Transformation https://amzn.to/3OKecg8

Centering Prayer: Sitting Quietly in God’s Presence Can Change Your Life https://amzn.to/2S0AcIZ

(Re)Aligning with God: Reading Scripture for Church and World (Cascade Books) https://amzn.to/30tP4S9

Invitation: A Bible Study to Begin With (Seedbed) https://my.seedbed.com/product/oneboo...

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