Impatience isn't a virtue: Love is patient and kind -- When envy and jealousy ransack the mind: love does not envy -- Is it ever acceptable to have a competitive spirit? : love does not boast -- Tight grip of pride and close-fisted greed: love is not proud -- Maddening manipulation of self and others: love is not rude -- Is an independent spirit in your veins and arteries? : love is not self-seeking -- Destructive power of unbridled anger: love is not easily angered -- Truth always sets us free : love keeps no record of wrongs, does not delight in evil, but rejoices in truth -- When fear and worry ensnare a heat: love always protects -- Pitfalls of needing to be wanted : love always trusts -- When hope waxes and wanes : love always hopes -- No pain is ever wasted : love always perserveres and neaver fails -- Befriending brokenness and inviting redemption : greatest of these is love.

In his nearly four decades of pastoral, parachurch and nprofit ministry leadership Steve Macchia has come to understand his own brokenness. He writes: I've experienced great success and embarrassing failure. I've considered myself effective, and I've watched myself implode. I've brought others a lot of joy, and I've dished out my share of disappointment. In essence, as much as I like to view myself as a good or very good leader, in fact I'm more truthfully a blessed and broken leader one who is daily in need of being renewed by the Spirit of God who resides in me. In these pages Steve offers the gifts of love found in 1 Corinthians 13 as the antidote to our brokenness. He writes with personal transparency from his own experience. Each chapter concludes with a powerful spiritual assessment tool to use in reflecting on our own leadership strengths and weaknesses. By embracing and befriending our own brokenness we can find true wholeness in God's strength. In these pages you will discover a new way to live in freedom and joy.