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IN THENAMEOF JESUS

HENRI J.M. NOUWEN

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NOUWEN MENTIONS ON PAGE 30 THAT JESUS’S FIRST TEMPTATION WAS TO BE RELEVANT AND TO TURN STONES INTO BREAD. AS YOU’RE LEADING, HOW WILL YOU ENCOUNTER THIS TEMPTATION AND HOW WILL YOU RESIST THIS TEMPTATION?

HOW CAN YOU BEGIN THE DISCIPLINE OF CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER NOW AS YOU PREPARE TO LEAD YOUR SUMMER STAFF?

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NOUWEN MENTIONS ON PAGE 53 THAT JESUS’S SECOND TEMPTATION WAS TO BE SPECTACULAR AND TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD WIN HIM GREAT APPLAUSE. AS YOU’RE LEADING, HOW WILL YOU ENCOUNTER THIS TEMPTATION AND HOW WILL YOU RESIST THIS TEMPTATION?

ON PAGE 58, NOUWEN AND THE SCRIPTURES REMIND US HOW HARD IT IS TO DO MINISTRY ALONE AND THAT WE NEED OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH US. LIST A FEW PEOPLE WHO WILL PRAY WITH YOU, SPEAK WITH YOU, AND CHALLENGE YOU THIS SUMMER. HOW WILL YOU DO THIS FOR OTHERS?

BOTH YOU AND THE PEOPLE YOU ARE LEADING THIS SUMMER ARE SINFUL AND BROKEN. HOW WILL YOU CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT OF CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS THAT MINISTER TO THE HEARTS OF BOTH YOU AND YOUR SUMMER STAFF?

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NOUWEN MENTIONS ON PAGE 75 THAT JESUS’S THIRD TEMPTATION WAS TO BE POWERFUL. IT SOMETIMES SEEMS EASIER TO BE GOD THAN TO LOVE GOD, TO CONTROL PEOPLE THAN TO LOVE PEOPLE (PAGE 77). AS YOU’RE LEADING, HOW WILL YOU ENCOUNTER THIS TEMPTATION AND HOW WILL YOU RESIST THIS TEMPTEMPTATION?

ON PAGES 81-82, NOUWEN DECLARES THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT QUALITY OF CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP IS NOT POWER AND CONTROL BUT POWERLESSNESS AND HUMILITY. HE CHALLENGES US TO ABANDON POWER IN FAVOR OF LOVE. HOW WILL YOU BE TEMPTED TO EXERCISE POWER RATHER THAN LOVE?

THE CHRISTIAN LEADER THINKS, SPEAKS, AND ACTS IN THE NAME OF JESUS. HOW CAN YOU LEAD YOUR SUMMER STAFF IN THESE AREAS?

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