In his nearly four decades of pastoral, parachurch and nonprofit ministry leadership Steve Macchia has come to understand his own brokenness. He writes:"I've experienced great success and a few embarrassing failures. . . . In essence, as much as I like to view myself as a good or even a very good leader, I'm more truthfully a blessed and broken leader, one who is daily in need of being . . . redeemed by the Spirit of God who resides in me."In these pages Steve offers the gifts of love found in 1 Corinthians 13 as the antidote to our brokenness. He writes with personal transparency from his own experience. Each chapter concludes with a powerful spiritual assessment tool to use in reflecting on our own leadership strengths and weaknesses. By embracing and befriending our own brokenness we can find true wholeness in God's strength. In these pages you will discover a new way to live in freedom and joy.

Stephen A. Macchia (DMin, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is founder and president of Leadership Transformations, Inc., a ministry which focuses on the spiritual formation needs of leaders and the spiritual discernment processes of leadership teams in local church and parachurch ministry settings nationwide. He is also the director of the Pierce Center for Disciple-Building at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and previously served for fourteen years as president of Vision New England. Macchia is the author of ten books, including Becoming a Healthy Church and Crafting a Rule of Life.

Introduction: An Invitation to Discover Strength in Weakness
The Most Excellent Way
1. Impatience Isn?t a Virtue
Love is patient and kind
2. When Envy and Jealousy Ransack the Mind
Love does not envy
3. Is It Ever Acceptable to Have a Competitive Spirit?
Love does not boast
4. The Tight Grip of Pride and Closed-Fisted Greed
Love is not proud
5. The Maddening Manipulation of Self and Others
Love is not rude
6. Is an Independent Spirit in Your Veins and Arteries?
Love is not self-seeking
7. The Destructive Power of Unbridled Anger
Love is not easily angered
8. The Truth Always Sets Us Free
Love keeps no record of wrongs, does not delight in evil, but rejoices in truth
9. When Fear and Worry Ensnare a Heart
Love always protects
10. Pitfalls of Needing to Be Wanted
Love always trusts
11. When Hope Waxes and Wanes
Love always hopes
12. No Pain Is Ever Wasted
Love always perseveres and never fails
13. Befriending Brokenness and Inviting Redemption
The greatest of these is love
Conclusion and Benediction: Broken and Whole
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Leadership Transformations