Discovering a Way Back to Each Other with Rev. Dr. Amy Butler

Dear Friends, The Rev. Dr. Amy Butler is a master at facing reality and claiming leadership. Truly. In her newly released memoir, Beautiful and Terrible Things: Faith, Doubt, and Discovering a Way Back to Each Other, she weaves together what is real and messy and hard with what is true and hopeful and redemptive, reminding us that the journey of faith is inextricably all those things. In a culture that often tells us that who-we-are is not enough and thereby invites us to hide our truest self (be it as an individual, a leader, a faith community, or people group), Pastor Amy says: “It’s too much work to be someone else! I surrender. I’ll just be who I am.” Which in a very real way, is just the beginning of the turbulent adventure of faith and doubt and belonging.  In our conversation with Pastor Amy, we get to experience a powerful leader, whose vulnerability and honesty offer a witness of the kind of leadership our beautiful (and terrible) world needs today. I hope you find it inspiring as you seek to navigate and lead in this season! By the grace of God, may it be so!LisaShow Notes
Summary
The Rev. Dr. Amy Butler is a master at facing reality and claiming leadership. In her newly released memoir, Beautiful and Terrible Things: Faith, Doubt, and Discovering a Way Back to Each Other, she weaves together what is real and messy and hard with what is true and hopeful and redemptive, reminding us that the journey of faith is inextricably all those things. In our conversation with Pastor Amy, we get to experience a powerful leader, whose vulnerability and honesty offer a witness of the kind of leadership our beautiful (and terrible) world needs today. We hope you find it inspiring as you seek to navigate and lead in this season! If this podcast is meaningful to you, please share with friends and colleagues and leave us a review. Thanks for listening!
In this conversation, you’ll hear:
Why Amy chose “Beautiful and Terrible Things” as her theme and book titleThe beautiful and terrible things present in the church todayThe connection between vulnerability and leadership and how Amy has leaned into vulnerabilityAmy’s vision for Invested Faith, the philanthropic initiative she founded An excerpt from Amy’s book<br/>
About Amy Butler
Rev. Dr. Amy Butler is the founder of the philanthropic initiative Invested Faith. She previously served as the first woman senior minister of The Riverside Church in New York City, senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church (D.C.), associate pastor at St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, and intentional interim minister at National City Christian Church (D.C.). Pastor Amy holds degrees from Baylor University, the International Baptist Theological Seminary, and Wesley Theological Seminary. A mother of three children, she currently lives in Hawaii.
Amy Butler’s website: https://www.pastoramy.com/Invested Faith’s website: https://www.investedfaith.org/Amy’s book is Beautiful and Terrible Things: Faith, Doubt, and Discovering a Way Back to Each Other.
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