Confession Is Good for the Soul . . . and for Your Leadership

Why are so many Christian leaders burning out, losing faith, and abusing power? Rather than relying on our self-sufficiency and toughing our way through the tension, Mandy Smith invites us to confess it. As a pastor who also equips and encourages other pastors, Mandy feels the pain. Instead of offering more strategies to fix our problems, she reminds us of the call that first captured our imagination, directing our passions back to God and God's people. In her book you will:

• experience the surprising freedom of grappling with a loving God
• be released from illusions of control into a lifestyle of healing hope
• rediscover your passion for ministry and your love for God and God's people.

Confessions of an Amateur Saint is a different kind of leadership book for a different kind of leader. And different is what we need these days--spiritual leadership refined by fire rather than burned out by it, a leadership unencumbered by unrealistic expectations, a leadership reconnected to the God who receives our confession with love and restores our soul for the task ahead.

In a time where all Christian leaders are required to be pioneers, let Mandy skillfully guide you to a fresh, spiritually-fueled integrity, not weighted by false expectations but leading your people as your faith is increasingly shaped like Christ.

Sometimes pastors fear that if people knew who we really are, we'd be disqualified from ministry. Not so, says pastor Mandy Smith. Transparently describing her pastoral journey, Smith shows how vulnerability shapes ministry, unpacking the biblical paradox that God's strength is revealed in our weakness. God has called you to lead just as the human you are.

Smith's sage advice will aid Christians in recognizing the simple joys of practicing their faith.--Publishers Weekly

Western culture is in a tailspin, and Christian faith is entangled in it: we do kingdom things in empire ways. Western approaches to faith leave us feeling depressed, doubting, anxious, and burned out. We know something is wrong with the way we do faith and church in the West, but we're so steeped in it that we don't know where to begin to break old habits.

Popular pastor and speaker Mandy Smith invites us to be unfettered from the deeply ingrained habits of Western culture so we can do kingdom things in kingdom ways again. She explores how we can be transformed by new postures and habits that help us see God already at work in and around us. The way forward isn't more ideas, programs, and problem-solving but in Jesus's surprising invitation to the kingdom through childlikeness. Ultimately, rediscovering childlike habits is a way for us to remember how to be human.

Unfettered helps us reimagine how to follow God with our whole selves again and join with God's mission in the world. Foreword by Walter Brueggemann.

They know who she is.

They know where she lives.

Only one man can help her.

As a member of a group of mercenary shifters, Mac is no stranger to risky situations. He just didn't expect to find himself in a hostage situation in the middle of his workday.

Danni is in serious danger. Mac saves her and protects her from the gunmen who want to silence her. She is the only one who can identify them. His touch makes her blood run hot, but she's through with bossy men, no matter how attractive they are.

Unwilling to let Danni face the threat alone, Mac teams up with her to unravel the mystery of the gunmen, while fighting his growing desire for her. Getting involved with a fragile human woman is out of the question.

The clock is ticking and her life is in danger. She can't return to her home with the gunmen hunting her. But they don't know who they're dealing with. Mac's wolf will tear out the throat of anyone who threatens her.

Mac is a Nightfair mercenary, and Nightfair always takes care of business.

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'This fun read dishes on what it's like to live with your head in the clouds - from in-flight fist fights to sneaky shenanigans' - Cosmopolitan

The secrets of the Mile High Club revealed...

Mandy Smith spent twelve years strutting down the aisles as one of Richard Branson's sexy and sassy flight attendants.

From dealing with projectile vomit and celebrity tantrums to sipping Manhattans and shopping in New York, this inside account is riotous good fun.

Set against a backdrop of exotic locations, the cast of zany characters includes everyone from Courtney Love to Sir Richard himself. Mandy's jet-setting job allowed her to search the globe for Mr Right, which led her to many steamy love affairs.

In Cabin Fever Mandy Smith tells the good, the bad and the downright naughty tales of life in the air.