Book summaries
Leader’s Edge summaries: the argument of a book in a few minutes. Page 8 of 21 · 485 in all.
Four Thousand Weeks – Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist, formerly writing the weekly column This Column Will Change Your Life, for the newspaper The Guardian. He is also author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and…
Give Me This Mountain
Give me this Mountain is a compelling page turner that tells the story of a well-educated British woman who met God while in college.
Author Interview: Sue Eenigenburg and Eva Burkholder
This book presents in practical ways that “going, staying, and being left to carry on (cross-cultural ministry) are all hard and each one requires grit and grace” (page xv).
Impossible Christianity: Why Following Jesus Does Not Mean You Have to Change the World, Be an Expert in Everything, Accept Spiritual Failure, and Feel Miserable Pretty Much All the Time
The apostle Paul described the Christian life as a race, but to many believers it feels more like a punishing obstacle course.
Timothy Keller – His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation
Timothy Keller, who recently passed away on May 19, 2023, is generally considered to be one of the preeminent evangelical leaders of the first two decades of the 21st century.
Teatime in Mogadishu: My Journey as a Peace Ambassador in the World of Islam
Born in 1953, near the end of the colonial era in East Africa, Ahmed Ali Haile was born in a Sunni-Musim home.
Author Interview: Gina A. Zurlo
This book provides practical strategies and insights for achieving sustained movement expansion.
Beauty Is Your Destiny: How the Promise of Splendor Changes Everything
We all know that prayer is the lifeblood of the Christian life.
The Six Types of Working Genius
Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to helping leaders improve their organizations’ health.
Frank C. Laubach: Man of Faith
Frank Charles Laubach, called “The Apostle to the Illiterates,” hailed from Benton, Pennsylvania.
How to Resurrect a Dead Prayer Life: Transforming Your Prayers into a Spirit-Empowered, Life-Giving Adventure
We all know that prayer is the lifeblood of the Christian life.
Author Interview: Robert M. Reach
This book provides practical strategies and insights for achieving sustained movement expansion.
The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities
Patrick Lencioni is founder and president of The Table Group, a firm dedicated to helping leaders improve their organizations’ health.
Author Interview: Matthew Burden
This book seeks to open a window “on the way that Christians in the early centuries of our faith thought about the task of global mission” (page vii).
The Life of David Brainerd: Chiefly Extracted from His Diary
David Brainerd, the third son in a family of nine, lost both parents by the time he was fourteen. His godly uncle and aunt took him in for the next four years.
Facing Fear: The Journey to Mature Courage in Risk and Persecution
Violence against Christ-followers is increasing globally. This book is a pastoral and practical resource for workers who advance the gospel in the world’s most dangerous places.
Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today
Hal Hershfield is a professor of psychology, marketing, and behavioral decision-making at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management where he has won numerous teaching awards.
Author Interview: Joseph W. Handley, Jr.
This book’s goal is “to find a better approach to leadership in a world where everything—from supply chains to political conflict to the church—is global” (page 22).
Brave Son of Tibet: The Many Lives of Robert B. Ekvall
Robert B. Ekvall and his wife, Betty were Christian and Missionary Alliance missionaries sent to the West China-Tibetan border in 1921.
Friendship with God: A Path to Deeper Fellowship with the Father, Son, and Spirit
In John 15, Jesus says, “I have called you friends.” But what does it mean to be friends with Jesus?
Anatomy of A Breakthrough – How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most
“People get stuck in every imaginable area of life. They get stuck in jobs they’d prefer to leave, and in relationships that leave them unfulfilled…”
Author Interview: Tim Welch
This book challenges mission agency and church leaders to consider new possibilities and approaches to global mission funding, aside from the traditional model (i.e., missionaries seeking their own funding).
Breakthrough: Unleashing the Power of a Proven Plan
Dreams empower and motivate. They can transform people, churches, companies, communities, nations, and even the course of history.
Overflowing: Ministry and Missions That Flow From The Heart
This book is born out of ten years of the author meditating on the question: Why does God use some people more than others?