Roy M Oswald: 10 books
Beginning Ministry Together
The Alban Handbook for Clergy Transitions
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2003
Beginning Ministry Together is about the transition period between the announcement that one pastor is leaving and the time when another pastor is well settled. The message brought by Roy Oswald and colleagues Jim and Ann Heath is that this is not an impossible time to be survived only with a lot...
The Emotional Intelligence of Jesus
Relational Smarts for Religious Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Faith leaders are surrounded by people, constantly navigating mazes of different personalities, emotional levels, and individual characteristics. Working with committees, individuals, and other leaders is critical to successfully moving an organization forward and representing a congregation with...
New Beginnings
A Pastorate Start Up Workbook
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1989
Roy Oswald, who ministers to pastors with great compassion, perceptiveness, and skill, now brings eight more years of field experience to an updated edition of "New Beginnings." Important new material includes: More wisdom about how to take care of yourself in the midst of the stress of...
Clergy Self-Care
Finding a Balance for Effective Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1991
Nationally known for his work and teaching on clergy development, Oswald integrates research and experience into a liberating perspective on the pastoral calling. Discover how imbalances in your physical, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual lives can destroy the very ministry you seek to carry...
by John Lee West, Roy M. Oswald, Nadyne Guzmán
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
Religious leaders require tremendous skill in emotional intelligence, yet their training very rarely addresses how to develop the practical skills needed—from self-awareness to resilience. Emotional Intelligence Religious Leaders draws on the latest research in business, psychology, and theology...
Discerning Your Congregation's Future
A Strategic and Spiritual Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
Drawing on extensive consulting experience with congregations, the authors provide a step-by-step guide to congregational planning that grounds strategic planning techniques in a process of spiritual discernment. The result: members will own the vision and be eager to participate in the congregation''s...
Managing Polarities in Congregations
Eight Keys for Thriving Faith Communities
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2009
Congregations often find themselves in power struggles over two opposing views. People on both sides believe strongly that they are right. They also assume that if they are right, their opposition must be wrong--classic 'either/or' thinking. A polarity is a pair of truths that need each other over...
Running Through the Thistles
Terminating a Ministerial Relationship with a Parish
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1998
Can how you leave a church affect your feelings about leaving or create baggage you take to your new congregation? Gain insight into termination styles and how they affect both you and your parishioners.
by Roy M. Oswald, Otto Kroeger
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1988
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1988
Combining pastoral and behavioral science expertise, the authors spell out ways type and temperament theory illuminate the clergy role. Learn how to use the 16 Myers-Briggs personality types to recognize and affirm your gifts, work with your liabilities, and understand and accept those with whom you...
Making Your Church More Inviting
A Step-by-Step Guide for In-Church Training
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1992
If you've read the book or viewed the course, now lead your church in study with this workbook approach to Alban's Inviting Church materials. Its fifteen sessions are designed to help clergy or lay leaders guide committees or study groups through a dynamic exploration of their congregation's IQ (invitation...