Category: Book Review / Insight

Top Ten Quotes: Canoeing the Mountains

Tod Bolsinger’s Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory is a book that many a leader has tackled over the last few years (at least according to my social media feed and “best books...

2021 Summer Reading List: Mine

Earlier this week I pitched ten books that I think you should read this summer. But I don’t just want to tell you what to read. I want to share what I hope to tackle...

2021 Summer Reading List: Yours

It’s that time again, campers: the time of the year when nerds get giddy with excitement over everyone’s recommended reading lists. I have ten for you, picked out of what I’ve read over the last...

Top Ten Quotes: The Power of Habit

I’ve had Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business on my “need to read” list for quite a while, and finally moved it to the top....

Top Ten Quotes: Gentle and Lowly

How ironic that a book titled Gentle and Lowly came charging onto the scene like a bull in a china shop. It has captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of believers. Its presence has...

Top Ten Quotes: Confronting Christianity

I recently wrapped up Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion, and I was immediately confronted by three things: Rebecca McLaughlin is crazy-smart and well-researched.I’m not smart enough to be in her...

Top Ten Quotes: Range

I tend to pick a subject and go deep. That’s why this blog is chock full of subject matter in the realm of guest services…I like to figure out all the nuances of that topic....

Top Ten Quotes: The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

Out of all the books I read last year, few were as convicting and painful and needed and immediately applicable as John Mark Comer’s The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and...

2020 Year in Review: Books

Earlier I shared the top ten most-read posts of 2020. Today it’s time for my top ten reads to have their turn. I’ve stuck with my minimum :30 per day this year, though I’ve added...

Top Ten Quotes: Bet on Talent

I’m a fan of Dee Ann Turner. She retired a couple of years ago from Chick-fil-A after serving as VP of Talent and VP of Sustainability. Her previous book It’s My Pleasure dove into culture-making...

%d bloggers like this: