Introduction: Who needs these lessons anyway?
1. A letter to Dan, the intern
2. The basis for lessons: the big picture
3. Foundational lessons: inner-life growth processes
4. Second lessons: ministry maturing processes
part I
5. Second lessons: ministry maturing processes, part II
6. Ongoing lessons: guidance and other multi-phase processes
7. The deepening lessons: life maturing processes
8. Integrating the lessons of life: toward a ministry philosophy
9. Accepting the lessons of life: the leadership challenge
Appendix: observations on leadership selection