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    When God Laughs with Us: The Lighter Side of Leadership
    When God Laughs with Us: The Lighter Side of Leadership
    When God Laughs with Us: The Lighter Side of Leadership
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    When God Laughs with Us: The Lighter Side of Leadership

    By David L. McKenna

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    Lighten up!

    Most of us take ourselves too seriously. Christian leaders, in particular, are tempted by the position they hold, or the power they wield, to lose touch with their humanity, become arrogant, and alienate their followers.

    But what about our tendency to shoot ourselves in the foot, time and time again? Can we laugh at ourselves?

    David McKenna, a Christian college president, brings a lifetime of learning to this question. By confessing his own foibles and laughing at the ludicrous, he finds that God is laughing with him--not to ridicule, but to give the special grace that saves us from ourselves.

    The lessons are humbling when the laugh is on us, but they can lead to the discovery that a sense of humor is a partner with the witness of a joyful spirit. McKenna shows us by example how to lighten up and find God as we laugh at ourselves.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCascade Books
    Release dateJan 1, 2011
    ISBN9781621892816
    When God Laughs with Us: The Lighter Side of Leadership
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    David L. McKenna

    David McKenna served as president of Spring Arbor University, Seattle Pacific University, and Asbury Theological Seminary. At the age of eighty-five he continues to write a book a year, including The Communicator's Commentary on Isaiah, Job, and Mark; Retirement Is Not for Sissies; Christ-Centered Leadership: The Incarnational Difference; and When God Laughs with Us: The Lighter Side of Leadership. David and his wife, Jan, celebrate sixty-five years of marriage in 2015.

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