Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion

by Wayne Cordeiro

Book Overview

A message of revitalization and encouragement for leaders before they leave the ministry. Wayne Cordeiro, author of Doing Church as a Team, found himself paralyzed by burnout. He had been in ministry for 30 years, and 10 years after founding what is now the largest church in Hawaii, he found himself depleted. Wayne took a season out of his growing ministry to recharge and refocus on the truly important. He got back in touch with his life, got back...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764207598
• ISBN13: 9780764207594
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

This Book Changed My Life

This book changed my life. I highly recommend to anyone who ever deals with burnout.

Can’t wait to read however I ordered the hard cover and didn’t receive it. Giving it a 2 stars becau

Will review when done reading

Highly Recommended

I highly recommend Wayne Cordeiro's book - his narrative on `Leading On Empty" is funny, intimate, personal and very confronting. This book is an excellent read - full of practicalities for anyone who leads in any capacity. Cordeiro's writing style ensures that you are on his very personal journey with him - my friends who have read it feel the same way I do.

that's me!

While reading "Leading on Empty" it was like someone describing MY own feelings. Not that I'm falling out of ministry, but at times I couldn't describe my feeling of tiredness. Here Wayne Cordeiro is sharing his emotions, his life in ministry and God's calling and how we as can refuel our commitments and love back to God. Refocusing our lives to make it better, yes I recommend this to everyone!

Practical and Encouraging

Wayne's book is both practical and encouraging. Here is a Pastor on the cutting edge who has encountered the reality of his own human limits and has proven that you CAN do what it takes to get life back in as "balanced" a position as is possible for healthy life and ministry. For far too long, faithful Pastors have gotten tired, burned out, and been tossed to the side of the road. Wayne writes with transparency and an openness that will have you feeling what he felt and sensing that he has also been where you have been, or maybe even that he has been where you are right now! This book should be a pre-req for all Pastoral Ministry candidates!

A MUST READ!

God bless Wayne for writing this book! I picked up Leading On Empty and couldn't put it down. This is one of those books that you will read more than once. Prepare to burn through a highlighter on this one. Wayne always writes in a way that is transparent and practical, giving us nuggets that all of us can learn from and put into practice. As I progressed through the chapters I watched the journey of a man who came to the end of himself, but with God's help was able to find his way back to a healthy place again. On page after page it seemed like Wayne was talking directly to me, as so much of what was being shared hit home in my heart. Leading On Empty is a book that will bring hope to many burdened souls and I am certainly one of them. I recommend this book to every pastor and leader. I only wish I had read this book 5 years ago!

Raw, Honest, Practical Help for Leaders

As a pastor of 30 years I can highly recommend this book to you. It hits me at a critical time or recalibration in my own life. My only regret is that I did not have this about 20 years ago. "Leading On Empty". Wayne Cordeiro is the type of leader many of us aspire to be. He has the goods! In this book he writes out of his personal experience with burnout a few years ago. It is not often that those who go through such seasons end up with the privilege of continuing to lead and serve well. I am on my second read and using many of the lessons here as the basis for the recalibrating I am doing - it is a goldmine. I am also buying copies to give to younger secular and religious leaders I know. If you are looking for a clinical thesis on burnout, this may not be it, but if you have looking for practical guidance now and preventive measures for down the road, this is it.