Willard W. C. Ashley Sr. 
Learning to Lead [EPUB ebook] 
Lessons in Leadership for People of Faith

Introduction
Rev. Willard W. C. Ashley Sr., MDiv, DMin, DH xiii
Part I
What Are the Foundations of Spiritual Leadership?
1. Singing the Creator’s Song in a Strange Land
Lisa Sharon Harper, MA, MFA 3
2. The Psychology of Learning to Lead
Jeffrey R. Gardere, Ph D 13
3. The Universal Tools of Effective Leadership
Michael Gecan, BA 31
4. Healthy Clergy, Healthy Congregations,
and Healthy Communities
Tanya Pagán Raggio-Ashley, MD, MPH, FAAP 41
5. Friendships
Rev. Lee B. Spitzer, MDiv, DMin 59
Part II
How Do You Evaluate Spiritual Leadership?
6. Bi-vocational Clergy (and Congregations)
Rev. Renee S. House, MDiv, Ph D 73
7. The New Business Model for the Non-Profit Organization
Ronald Thomas, MHCS, SWP 85
8. Teaching Worship
Rev. Gregg A. Mast, MDiv, Ph D 95
9. Teaching Ministry in an Urban World:
Evaluating Your Curriculum
Rev. Warren L. Dennis, MDiv, DMin 105
10. Congregations and Communities in Transition
Rev. Earl D. Trent Jr., MDiv, DMin 117
Part III
How Do You Care for Others?
11. Pastoral Care as a Foundation for Leadership
Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, MHL, BCJC 129
12. Leadership at the Borders of Difference
Rev. Brita L. Gill-Austern, MDiv, Ph D 139
13. Healing Those Who Hurt
Mary Pender Greene, LCSW-R, CGP, and
Terrie M. Williams, LCSW 149
14. Safety in Sacred Spaces
Rabbi Diana S. Gerson, MAHL 165
15. ‘Each Person Is Sacred’: Leading toward Full Inclusion
in Faith Communities
Lisa V. Blitz, Ph D, LCSW-R, and
Mary Pender Greene, LCSW-R, CGP 179
16. People with Disabilities and Their Families:
‘Apart from’ to “A Part of”
Rev. Bill Gaventa, MDiv 193
17. Working with Undocumented Immigrants
Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale, MDiv 207
18. Why Are People Poor?
Rev. David Billings, MDiv, DMin 221
19. Contextual Leadership: An Urban Case Study
Rev. Anthony Miranda 229
Part IV
How Do You Collaborate with Specific Spiritual Leaders?
20. Kin’dom Come: Houses of Worship and
Gender Justice in the Twenty-First Century
Rev. Sally N. Mac Nichol, MDiv, Ph D 239
21. Working with the Black Diaspora
Antoinette Ellis-Williams, Ph D, MPA 249
22. Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latino/a Spirituality:
Hiding Religious Beliefs Out in the Open
Rev. Carlos Alejandro, MS, MDiv, BCC 261
23. Working with Asians
Miyon Chung, MACSW, MATh, Ph D 273
24. Working with Jewish Communities: Myths to Be Unlearned
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, BA, MS, JD, and
Rabbi Craig Miller, BA, MAFM 287
25. Working with Muslims
Imam Muhammad Hatim, Ph D, DMin, and
Shaykh Ibrahim Abdul-Malik, Ph D, Ed D 297
26. Working with Catholics
Rev. Monsignor Richard Arnhols, MDiv, and
Anne Masters, MA 311
27. Working with Protestants
Rev. Rose Niles, MDiv, DMin, and
Rev. Kevin Park, MDiv, Ph D 323
28. Leading a Multifaith Disaster Response Group
Rev. Julie Taylor, MDiv, CTR, EMT-B 333
Final Words
Phyllis Harrison-Ross, MD 345
Index 348

Terrie M. Williams, LCSW, one of Ebony magazine’s ‘Power 150’ for Activism and Woman’s Day magazine’s “50 Women on a Mission to Change the World, ” is an advocate for change and empowerment. For more than thirty years, she has used her influence and communications expertise to educate and engage audiences in causes. She launched the Terrie Williams Agency in 1988, with superstar Eddie Murphy and the late jazz legend Miles Davis as her first clients, and has continued to represent some of the biggest personalities and businesses in entertainment, sports, business, and politics including Prince and Mo’Nique. Her book Stay Strong: Simple Life Lessons for Teens addressed challenges our youth combat everyday. Her critically acclaimed book Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting recounts her personal struggle with depression and the impact the stigma of mental illness has particularly on the African American community. Her creation of a mental health advocacy campaign led to a collaboration with the Ad Council and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) on a national initiative of mental health recovery.