Musings on Spiritual Matters

This book is written to the business culture in America. Books with a business mindset can be helpful or pointless for the ministry context. A helpful book from business is “Good to Great” and a unhelpful book from business is “Winning” by Jack Welch. This book falls between these two examples. The book is written by a man who knows how to lead. This is a nice difference from some of the current leadership books that are written by experts in academic organization. This author is a leader who has been successful in multiple leadership contexts. Some of the situations that are discussed are not applicable for a minister in a congregation. Churches do not run like top down leadership organizations. The best chapter and the most helpful was the section on “Peer to Peer” leadership. This chapter dealt with the common situation in most congregations. It would be a great chapter for preachers and elders in the church. Peer to Peer leadership is the mode of operation in most congregations because people are volunteers. People are free to come and go as they will. The last section of the book is worth the price of the book. It talks about how to properly motivate workers, but is easily applied to motivating the servants in a congregation. I recommend that my blog readers go to a local bookstore and read the two best chapters in this book. Buy a cup of coffee and enjoy.

Related posts:

1. Read “Pandolfini’s Ultimate Guide to Chess”
2. Review of “Tribal Leadership”
3. Peer to Peer Leadership
4. Leadership Lessons to Live By
5. Styles of Leadership

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