The manner in which religious leaders deal with paradox can make or break a ministry. In this perceptive book, psychologist and minister H. Newton Malony outlines the critical skills needed to identify and embrace paradox - a key to effective leadership. He assures readers that living with paradox is a skill that can be learned. And he examines the various paradoxes one might encounter in ministry, showing how to reconcile - rather than fight - eight central paradoxes of religious leadership.