by Eric Sanford | Aug 3, 2020 | Summaries
Dangerous Calling is one of the few books I read year after year, and every time I read it, it challenges me. Paul David Tripp masterfully weaves real-life stories and often forgotten spiritual truths into this book. As the pages turn, the wounds, temptations, and...
by Alan Briggs | May 20, 2020 | Summaries
It’s rare to find a book where every chapter invites you into a new way to think and a better way to live. David Brooks, a popular columnist, and author, walked through a valley and emerged on his second mountain with a refined and weathered view of life. He recorded...
by Alan Briggs | May 20, 2020 | Summaries
Talk about timely! This book is nailing leaders between the eyes right now. In his typical concoction of honest, sarcastic, and well-researched John Mark Comer lays out the problem; hurry is slowly killing us and our relationships. But he also builds a hopeful and...
by Alan Briggs | May 20, 2020 | Summaries
Brene Brown has had a meteoric rise since her TED talk on vulnerability. She is a rare mix between researcher and practitioner. She is quite human and incredibly accomplished. She is unzipping the hearts of people of all shapes, flavors, and styles. Her core message...
by Alan Briggs | May 5, 2020 | Summaries
The Emotionally Healthy Church; A Stay Forth Summary I don’t know if there is a more paradigm-shifting book for church leaders. Period. There are cracks below our leadership that bubble to the surface. Unfortunately, we rarely see them, but others can see them in us....
by Alan Briggs | Jan 1, 2020 | Summaries
More + more + more is always better. Right? We live in a culture of excess, and it’s affecting every area of our lives. We pushed our budgets, calorie intake, and energy reserves to the max during the December sprint. Our current predicament is twofold; the...