Empowered Weakness

Every person carries a wound that will never fully heal. Unresolved trauma is carried in our bodies, communities, and societal systems. If it goes unresolved it spills out in patterns of harm and is passed on intergenerationally. As we say in the recovery fellowships, “hurt people hurt people.” If people can go through a process of healing, they often discover that their greatest wounds and challenges can become their most powerful assets. This is true at both an individual and organizational level.

In the words of Henri Nouwen, the greatest leaders are “wounded healers,” those who embrace a posture of vulnerability and use their core wounds to fuel their passion for ministry. In this training we will explore a simple fourfold framework that helps leaders move through: Loss; Surrender; Restoration; Flourishing