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Women, spirituality and transformative leadership : where grace meets power / edited by Kathe Schaaf, Kay Lindahl, Kathleen S. Hurty, Phd, and Reverend Guo Cheen.

Contributor(s): Schaaf, Kathe [editor.] | Lindahl, Kay, 1938- [editor.] | Hurty, Kathleen S [editor.] | Cheen, Guo [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Woodstock, Vermont : Skylight Paths, 2014Copyright date: ©2012Edition: Quality Paperback editionDescription: xii, 269 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781594735486; 1594735484Subject(s): Women -- Religious life | Leadership -- Religious aspects | Religion and social problems | Leadership in womenBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Blessing and an invitation / Ann Marie Sayers, Rachelle Figueroa -- Becoming a vessel of peace / Lynda Terry -- But I thought you knew the way: lessons in leadership / Fredelle Brief -- Living my way into answers / Courtney E. Martin -- Reconciling the blessings and challenges of diversity through ancestral spiritual values / Yoland Trevino -- Faith in the transitions of not knowing / Susan Quinn -- Practicing empowerment / Karen R. Boyett -- God our father, God our mother: in search of the divine feminine / Joan Chittister -- Buddhism, women, and religious diversity / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- Faith's challenges: the one we seek / Jamia Wilson -- Living my values / Diane Tillman -- Where grace meets power / Lorenza Andrade Smith -- Best friends forever / Jan Booman Saeed -- God said: we have created you from a single (pair) of a female and male / Shareda Hosein -- Remembrance, witness, and action: fuel for the journey / Mary Douglas Glasspool -- Leading from a whirlwind: faith and courage in a swiftly changing world / Valarie Kaur -- Wind is blowing from the west and has the smell of the sea / Adelia Sandoval -- Mother-lines of body, mind, and spirit / Carol Lee Flinders -- Birthing awake the dream / ALisa Starkweather -- Kindness empowers: a Mohawk Skywoman's journey of thanksgiving / Dawn T. Maracle -- In order to heal the world, we have to stand for each other's greatness, but "First," the grandmothers told her, "you have to heal the wound between women" / China Galland -- Where do we go from here? / Nontombi Naomi Tutu -- Living in God's amazing grace: the power of faith in leadership / Musimbi Kanyoro -- Creative acts of expression: catalyzed in circles / Jean Shinoda Bolen -- Poetic response: "The catalyst" / Lisa Anderson -- Meta-civics of feminine leadership / Barbara E. Fields -- Thou art goddess: the return of the divine feminine / Phyllis W. Curott -- Written in my bones / Kathe Schaaf -- In transition / Kay Lindahl -- On being advocates, activists, and alchemists: exploring power on the way forward / Kathleen S. Hurty -- Ever-evolving women of spirit and faith: naming, doing, and be-ing / Guo Cheen -- Transformative leadership / Kathe Schaaf [and others] -- Closing blessing / Rachelle Figueroa --
Awards: Nautilus Book awards winner.

Includes bibliographical references.

Blessing and an invitation / Ann Marie Sayers, Rachelle Figueroa -- Introduction -- How do I express being an empowered woman of spirit and faith? Becoming a vessel of peace / Lynda Terry -- But I thought you knew the way: lessons in leadership / Fredelle Brief -- Living my way into answers / Courtney E. Martin -- Reconciling the blessings and challenges of diversity through ancestral spiritual values / Yoland Trevino -- Faith in the transitions of not knowing / Susan Quinn -- Practicing empowerment / Karen R. Boyett -- God our father, God our mother: in search of the divine feminine / Joan Chittister -- How do my spiritual values inform me about living with the challenges and blessings of diversity? Buddhism, women, and religious diversity / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- Faith's challenges: the one we seek / Jamia Wilson -- Living my values / Diane Tillman -- Where grace meets power / Lorenza Andrade Smith -- Best friends forever / Jan Booman Saeed -- God said: we have created you from a single (pair) of a female and male / Shareda Hosein -- Remembrance, witness, and action: fuel for the journey / Mary Douglas Glasspool -- Leading from a whirlwind: faith and courage in a swiftly changing world / Valarie Kaur -- How do we stand for the greatness of each other? Wind is blowing from the west and has the smell of the sea / Adelia Sandoval -- Mother-lines of body, mind, and spirit / Carol Lee Flinders -- Birthing awake the dream / ALisa Starkweather -- Kindness empowers: a Mohawk Skywoman's journey of thanksgiving / Dawn T. Maracle -- In order to heal the world, we have to stand for each other's greatness, but "First," the grandmothers told her, "you have to heal the wound between women" / China Galland -- Where do we go from here? / Nontombi Naomi Tutu -- How do we catalyze our collective transformational power as women of spirit and faith? Living in God's amazing grace: the power of faith in leadership / Musimbi Kanyoro -- Creative acts of expression: catalyzed in circles / Jean Shinoda Bolen -- Poetic response: "The catalyst" / Lisa Anderson -- Meta-civics of feminine leadership / Barbara E. Fields -- Thou art goddess: the return of the divine feminine / Phyllis W. Curott -- Written in my bones / Kathe Schaaf -- In transition / Kay Lindahl -- On being advocates, activists, and alchemists: exploring power on the way forward / Kathleen S. Hurty -- Ever-evolving women of spirit and faith: naming, doing, and be-ing / Guo Cheen -- Transformative leadership / Kathe Schaaf [and others] -- Engaging with women of spirit and faith -- Closing blessing / Rachelle Figueroa -- Resources and networks.

Nautilus Book awards winner.

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