Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (730 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0830841261 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 250 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Whether you're a pastor, a small business owner, a branch manager, or a CEO of a major company, you are probably facing challenges not unlike those confronting Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. For so many pastors and leaders, this is a time of uncertainty, the unknown and displacement in finding a way forward. There are very few that address the difficult task of helping leaders navigate the complexities of leading that is necessary for a changing world. If you're like me, you're not only going to want to read this book, you're going to want to read it multiple times." (Kara Powell, faculty member at Fuller
"Don't Buy the Kindle Version of this Book" according to Debora and Larry. The Kindle version of Canoeing the Mountains is poorly formatted so the charts and text boxes are dropped into places that make no sense. This was a total waste of my money and I was forced to purchase the paperback to read.Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory. "Good leadership book" according to JEB. This is a great book for motivation, thinking outside the box, and leadership from a common sense point of view. It is a great read of human nature and what you need to know to lead. However there is a dimension in the Christian world not heavily emphasized here.Our motivation has to come from a transcendent relationship first not from a wise leader. We need to see and experience God at work, . The missional challenge is all here. In the Lewis and Clarke Expedition Tod has found a powerful metaphor for the situation of Christianity in the west. (You'll have to excuse the lack of sensitivity to First American concerns, though in many ways Christendom Christianity as we know it is ignoring Jesus people of other perspectives in many of the same self-satisfied ways that the westward expansion of the US ignored the value and
For seventeen years, he was the senior pastor of San Clemente Presbyterian Church in San Clemente, California, after serving for ten years at First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood. Tod and his wife Beth have two children. . Tod Bolsinger (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the vice president for vocation and formation and assistant professor of practical theology at Fuller Theological Sem
Reading this book will set you on the right course to lead with confidence and courage.. You may even feel that your training holds you back more often than it carries you along. If you’re going to scale the mountains of ministry, you need to leave behind canoes and find new navigational tools. Explorers Lewis and Clark had to adapt. While they had prepared to find a waterway to the Pacific Ocean, instead they found themselves in the Rocky Mountains. He offers a combination of illuminating insights and practical tools to help you reimagine what effective leadership looks like in our rapidly changing world. You too may feel that you are leading in a cultural context you were not expecting. Drawing from his extensive experience as a pastor and consultant, Tod Bolsinger brings decades of expertise in guiding churches and organizations through uncharted territory