Lead Like the Real You: Wisdom for Women on Finding Your Voice, Pursuing God's Calling, and Leading with Courage
Amy Orr-Ewing has learned a lot of lessons the hard way.

As an internationally known speaker, theologian, and apologist, she has navigated through many challenges: battling abuse, finding and using her voice, building a lasting ministry, leading with confidence, thriving in friendship, relying on God in hard times, and more.

Now, she's sharing the wisdom she has gained over 25 years with other women so they, too, can grow in Christian leadership. In Lead Like the Real You, Orr-Ewing pens a deeply personal and engaging collection of letters that explore the unique challenges women face.

Rooted in honesty, practicality, and biblical guidance, these letters speak to women who lead in the workplace, classroom, church, and home, as well as those who support them. This book empowers the next generation of Christian women who hope to change the world to live and lead well, knowing they are not alone.
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Lead Like the Real You: Wisdom for Women on Finding Your Voice, Pursuing God's Calling, and Leading with Courage
Amy Orr-Ewing has learned a lot of lessons the hard way.

As an internationally known speaker, theologian, and apologist, she has navigated through many challenges: battling abuse, finding and using her voice, building a lasting ministry, leading with confidence, thriving in friendship, relying on God in hard times, and more.

Now, she's sharing the wisdom she has gained over 25 years with other women so they, too, can grow in Christian leadership. In Lead Like the Real You, Orr-Ewing pens a deeply personal and engaging collection of letters that explore the unique challenges women face.

Rooted in honesty, practicality, and biblical guidance, these letters speak to women who lead in the workplace, classroom, church, and home, as well as those who support them. This book empowers the next generation of Christian women who hope to change the world to live and lead well, knowing they are not alone.
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Lead Like the Real You: Wisdom for Women on Finding Your Voice, Pursuing God's Calling, and Leading with Courage

Lead Like the Real You: Wisdom for Women on Finding Your Voice, Pursuing God's Calling, and Leading with Courage

by Amy Orr-Ewing
Lead Like the Real You: Wisdom for Women on Finding Your Voice, Pursuing God's Calling, and Leading with Courage

Lead Like the Real You: Wisdom for Women on Finding Your Voice, Pursuing God's Calling, and Leading with Courage

by Amy Orr-Ewing

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Overview

Amy Orr-Ewing has learned a lot of lessons the hard way.

As an internationally known speaker, theologian, and apologist, she has navigated through many challenges: battling abuse, finding and using her voice, building a lasting ministry, leading with confidence, thriving in friendship, relying on God in hard times, and more.

Now, she's sharing the wisdom she has gained over 25 years with other women so they, too, can grow in Christian leadership. In Lead Like the Real You, Orr-Ewing pens a deeply personal and engaging collection of letters that explore the unique challenges women face.

Rooted in honesty, practicality, and biblical guidance, these letters speak to women who lead in the workplace, classroom, church, and home, as well as those who support them. This book empowers the next generation of Christian women who hope to change the world to live and lead well, knowing they are not alone.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781587436062
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/13/2024
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 679,383
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 7.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Amy Orr-Ewing (DPhil, Oxford University) is an international speaker, theologian, and apologist. She is the author of multiple books, including Where Is God in All the Suffering? and Why Trust the Bible? Orr-Ewing speaks at churches and on university campuses around the world and has spoken in the UK Parliament, the US Capitol, and the West Wing of the White House. She previously served as president of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and is an honorary lecturer at the University of Aberdeen. She lives near Oxford, England, with her husband and their three sons.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Learning to Use Your Voice
1. Proclamation
2. Speaking in Public
3. Owning Our Embodied Voices
4. Don't Hold Back
Part 2: Work and Calling
5. Calling Unfolds
6. God Calls Work Good
7. Parenting and Work
8. Becoming Lovers of Truth
9. Embrace Curiosity
Part 3: Facing Chauvinism in Christian Spaces
10. On Being Female
11. When Others Are Threatened by You
12. Misogyny and Complementarianism
13. What to Do with 1 Timothy 2
Part 4: Pursuing Leadership Success
14. Learn to Say Yes!
15. Who Gets the Credit?
16. Watch Out for the Narcissist
17. Shortcuts and Storms
Part 5: Addressing Abuse and Injustice
18. My Experience in an Abuse Crisis
19. When Institutions Cover Up Abuse
20. When a Leader We Respect Harms Others
21. "What about All the Good the Leader Did?"
22. Gaslighting
23. The Danger of Exceptionalism
24. Justice Takes a Long Time
Part 6: Finding Hope in Dark Times
25. Anxiety
26. Trauma
27. When You Can't Pray
28. Consolation
29. Reframing Forgiveness
Part 7: Navigating Friendship
30. Hold On to Faithful Friends
31. Jealousy and Rivalry
32. When Friendships Become Transactional
Part 8: Leading Like Jesus
33. Why Love Matters
34. Running the Race Well
35. Power and Authority
36. The Power of Empathy
Part 9: Growing Deep Roots
37. Discipleship and Cultivation
38. Wild
39. Home and Hospitality
40. The Body
Part 10: The Value of Stories
41. Knowing the Storylines
42. There Is Hope
43. Remember That God Is God
Afterword
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