Water Under the Bridge: A Journey into Values-Shaped Leadership

This is the story of lessons learnt - with some blood sweat and tears - during 40 years of pastoral ministry. With sincere honesty Don Barry lays open his challenges failures and successes taking us on a journey that saw a lot of water under the bridge - and loads of other stuff too.In a time when the importance of visionary leadership has been trumpeted loud and long there is a desperate need for another note to be added to the symphony. For vision to be safe and productive it needs to be bounded by deeply-held values that can sustain a ministry in all seasons.Woven with stories of church life at the coalface this book is a vital call for leaders to allow the contours of their life and leadership to be values-shaped.