Fulfilled: Living and Leading with Unusual Wisdom, Peace, and Joy

by Kirk Byron Jones

Leadership can be mentally, emotionally, and spiritually exhausting. The pace is relentless. The expectations are weighty. The challenges are daunting. But it is possible to live and lead a new way, with that deep sense of contentment that all leaders yearn for. It is possible to be fulfilled, even today. Fulfilled articulates a new approach for the exhausted leader. This Christian theology of leadership is based on three inner capacities, which every leader already possesses but which most of us simply ignore or the capacity for stillness, awareness, and playfulness. The author examines these capacities and shows the reader how draw upon them in daily life. Vibrant leadership taps into this wellspring of inner capacities, continually available to every leader. It is not the exclusive possession of the gifted, faithful few, but is a grace provided for all. The fulfilled leader lives in wisdom, peace and joy, and is successful in all the most important ways.

Genres: Christianity

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First published September 17, 2013

Reviews

[Deborah Porras · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such wise guidance and insight for our current situation as clergy and leaders. Anyone would benefit from this book and embracing the recommendations for life and spiritual grounding. If you live Thurman, you will find this to be a delightfully fresh take with practical steps fir implementation. If you don’t know Thurman, or mysticism, this is a perfect intro to such ways. If you want modern takes on Thurman, this is the book for you! Every leader should read this, or something similar, and reimagine what is possible and how one can feed their call and spirit anew for such a time as this.

[Leslea Abshire · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great read for anyone not just pastors or leaders and a perfect message during this time on finding purposeful stillness which leads to fullfillment

[Katerina]

There are some good ideas in this book, but, unfortunately, it suffers from loose theology. One who comes to this book without a solid familiarity of biblical teachings could pick up harmful practices. For example, Jones picks up the Bible verse "Be still, and know that I am God" to encourage the practice of stillness. However, a little later he is encouraging the focus on emptiness (p. 30) or nothing (p. 39). In places stillness becomes the goal rather than knowing God. Likewise, he encourages the reading of Psalms but also suggests the Islamist poet Rumi. To the unwary reader, the two forms of poetry could be construed as equal. Since I was reading this book for my own edification, I set this aside for one more worth my time.

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I feel like this book was written just for me. As someone who loves Jazz music and poetry, this text used language that is deeply meaningful to me to speak to the current state of my soul.

[Missy Cunningham]

Wonderful book!

What an amazing book of wisdom for leaders not just pastors! It gives insights to how to be a more God filled leader.

[Brian Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book on the challenges of, and need for self-awareness and self-care for leaders. A good book to use for discussion among church leaders.