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Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing
Flourishing people are strong and weak. Two common temptations lure us away from abundant living―withdrawing into safety or grasping for power. True flourishing, says Andy Crouch, travels down an unexpected path―being both strong and weak. We see this unlikely mixture in the best leaders―people who use their authority for the benefit of others, while also showing extraordinary willingness to face and embrace suffering. We see it in Jesus, who wielded tremendous power yet also exposed himself to hunger, ridicule, torture and death. Rather than being opposites, strength and weakness are actually meant to be combined in every human life and community. Only when they come together do we find the flourishing for which we were made. With the characteristic insight, memorable stories and hopeful realism he is known for, Andy Crouch shows us how to walk this path so that the image of God can shine through us. Not just for our own good, but for the sake of others. If you want to become the kind of person whose influence leads to healthy communities, someone with the strength to be compassionate and generous, this is the book for you. Regardless of your stage or role in life, whether or not you have a position of leadership, here is a way to love and risk so that we all, even the most vulnerable, can flourish.
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First published March 12, 2016
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Andy Crouch
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For twelve years Andy was an editor and producer at Christianity Today (CT), including serving as executive editor from 2012 to 2016. He joined the John Templeton Foundation in 2017 as senior strategist for communication. His work and writing have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and several editions of Best Christian Writing and Best Spiritual Writing—and, most importantly, received a shout-out in Lecrae's 2014 single "Non-Fiction." He serves on the governing boards of Fuller Theological Seminary and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.
From 1998 to 2003, Andy was the editor-in-chief of re:generation quarterly, a magazine for an emerging generation of culturally creative Christians. For ten years he was a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University. He studied classics at Cornell University and received an M.Div. summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theology. A classically trained musician who draws on pop, folk, rock, jazz, and gospel, he has led musical worship for congregations of 5 to 20,000.
For twelve years Andy was an editor and producer at Christianity Today (CT), including serving as executive editor from 2012 to 2016. He joined the John Templeton Foundation in 2017 as senior strategist for communication. His work and writing have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and several editions of Best Christian Writing and Best Spiritual Writing—and, most importantly, received a shout-out in Lecrae's 2014 single "Non-Fiction." He serves on the governing boards of Fuller Theological Seminary and the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.
From 1998 to 2003, Andy was the editor-in-chief of re:generation quarterly, a magazine for an emerging generation of culturally creative Christians. For ten years he was a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University. He studied classics at Cornell University and received an M.Div. summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theology. A classically trained musician who draws on pop, folk, rock, jazz, and gospel, he has led musical worship for congregations of 5 to 20,000.
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May 8, 2016
I'd give this book six or seven stars if I could. It is profound and formative, a rare book that gives a livable paradigm. Crouch is equal parts teacher and inspirer with a lot of craftsman thrown in to make the work beautiful. It is a book for leaders, parents, students, spouses, and more. But it is a not leadership, parenting, calling, or marriage book. It's a paradigm for living a truly meaningful life in each of those contexts - in all contexts. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
September 6, 2021
A completely paradigm-shifting book. Crouch, as he almost always does, has taken the time to think deeply about the unspoken realities that motivate us, and has organized these ideas into a deceptively simple framework that gives us new vocabulary to probe our own choices. In this case, he sheds née light on vulnerability and the ways we seek to escape it, and the ways in which vulnerability is necessary to flourishing. For my part, I’ve been rethinking how I will teach literature by using this framework to help students examine the motives and choices of characters.
What begins as a simple paradox becomes a tool to describe the unique dynamics of leadership and disability, exploitation and generosity. I’ll be relying on this tool for a long time.
What begins as a simple paradox becomes a tool to describe the unique dynamics of leadership and disability, exploitation and generosity. I’ll be relying on this tool for a long time.
March 24, 2016
I loved Crouch's two major previous books, and . I felt this one was also very profitable, though not quite as deep as his other two. All the same, I'm planning a second read-through. I want to get this. I think he's on to something big, something abidingly useful and true. What really made me think so was when he finally got to showing how this thing—embracing a life of vulnerability on the one hand and authority on the other—is so thoroughly true of Jesus. He emptied himself, but spoke with authority. He humbled himself, but forgave sins. The Bible was a bit less evident in this book than in the others (particularly ); Crouch in this book felt Gladwellian more so than preacherish. But this connection of his thesis to Jesus is so strong that I was persuaded. Crouch writes as a Christian and a theologian, as a gifted popularizer and a not a self-help guru.
Crouch is one person whose books you don't want to miss if you want to do what the Bible calls for: "Those who have believed in God [must] be careful to devote themselves to good works" (Titus 3:8). How can your good works make a difference, truly helping others? What is the best way to work with others to do good for your neighbor? Crouch got me thinking about the role institutions, in particular, play in answering that question. That was in . Now he has me thinking about the ways in which I must take risks and increase my vulnerability if I want to lend authority, authority to "make something of the world," to others.
Here's just one comment that he made that was wise and immediately helpful:
(A little note on the audio: make sure to see Crouch's 2×2 chart before you listen to the book, or you'll have a little trouble following along.)
Crouch is one person whose books you don't want to miss if you want to do what the Bible calls for: "Those who have believed in God [must] be careful to devote themselves to good works" (Titus 3:8). How can your good works make a difference, truly helping others? What is the best way to work with others to do good for your neighbor? Crouch got me thinking about the role institutions, in particular, play in answering that question. That was in . Now he has me thinking about the ways in which I must take risks and increase my vulnerability if I want to lend authority, authority to "make something of the world," to others.
Here's just one comment that he made that was wise and immediately helpful:
When media are tools that help those who have lacked the capacity for action take action, and bring them together to bear risk together rather than be paralyzed in Suffering, they can lead to real change. But when the residents of the comfortable affluence of Withdrawing use media to simulate engagement, to give ourselves a sense of making a personal investment when in fact our activity risks nothing and forms nothing new in our characters, then "virtual activism" is in fact a way of doubling down on withdrawing, holding on to one's invulnerability and incapacity while creating a sensation of involvement. Only when technology serves a genuine, embodied, risky move toward flourishing is it something other than an opiate for the mass elite—the drug that leaves us mired in our apathy and our neighbors in their need. (87�88)
(A little note on the audio: make sure to see Crouch's 2×2 chart before you listen to the book, or you'll have a little trouble following along.)
July 19, 2017
Maybe I'm missing something, but Crouch's points seemed to border on the obvious. He does a decent job framing three strength/weakness imbalances (what happens when we're too much of one and not the other..) before presenting the fourth ("correct") option. From my perspective, though, if you've spent significant time reflecting on the suffering servant nature of Christ as well as his victory, then there's not much that will seem new to you in this book.
January 5, 2023
A helpful read on considering the unseen and overlooked facets of true leadership. Crouch helped to untangle my assumptions of what leadership does entail and what it does not. He lays out a kind, freeing, challenging view of leadership that accounts for sacrifice and vulnerability. Yes, this book is about leadership, but for me it functions more as a mechanism to consider true humility and the path to human flourishing, in my own life and in the world.
March 30, 2018
Vintage Andy Crouch here. The book’s main premise � that we are called to flourishing, which necessarily includes authority AND vulnerability � is simple yet profound. 2x2 charts FTW!
December 17, 2023
Succinct, profound, compelling. Crouch unpacks his quadrant of flourishing, suffering, withdrawing, and exploiting to give a picture of what it means to be fully human. In Christ, we see the life-giving paradox of strength and vulnerability, and Crouch calls us to live with the same values.
I listened to the audio version and didn't love the narrator's style but I'll be reflecting on this content for a long time.
I listened to the audio version and didn't love the narrator's style but I'll be reflecting on this content for a long time.
July 24, 2024
a brilliant look into the balance of authority and vulnerability that leads to true flourishing and as a result, real leadership. and of course, a reminder of how perfectly Jesus did both.
April 21, 2023
Crouch builds this book on a 2x2 grid. He argues there is a false choice between authority (the capacity for meaningful action) and vulnerability (the exposure to meaningful risk). Instead, true flourishing comes when leaders embrace both authority and vulnerability.
I thought this was a helpful framework to think in and will be meditating on it for years to come.
Minus one star for Crouch’s slightly repetitive writing style and last couple chapters of seemingly disconnected anecdotes.
I thought this was a helpful framework to think in and will be meditating on it for years to come.
Minus one star for Crouch’s slightly repetitive writing style and last couple chapters of seemingly disconnected anecdotes.
March 6, 2019
This is my first introduction to Crouch, and consider me a fan. I liked his framework, that true flourishing comes from meaningful action (authority) that takes risk (vulnerability); yet, I didn't find myself sure how to actually accomplish that from reading his book.
July 5, 2024
This book beautiful outlines what it looks like to truly flourish like Jesus, with the full capacity for meaningful action (authority) and with exposure to meaningful risk (vulnerability) and how to work towards the flourishing of others
December 9, 2020
This began as a book about flourishing, and ended as a book about leadership. Because good leaders are on a mission to bring about flourishing in others.
This was my first time reading something from Crouch; I will absolutely read more!
This was my first time reading something from Crouch; I will absolutely read more!
May 23, 2019
As is true of each of Andy's books, this one is replete with provocative insights. Highly recommended.
January 10, 2018
I'm not sure why I did not pick this up when it came out. Maybe I just wasn't ready for Andy's words. This past week, perhaps in light of all the stories on sexual abuse and #45's miscues, I was ready. Crouch did not disappoint.
May 13, 2021
I feel like the first few chapters were really good, but didn't understand the necessity of the last half of the book
June 9, 2024
Crouch paints a helpful framework for healthy living - one of both authority (capacity for meaningful action) and vulnerability (capacity for meaningful risk) epitomized in Christ. He argues that true flourishing comes from being both strong and weak.
I found this work helpful particularly for those curious on the topic of leadership and healthy community. Frankly, this, in my opinion, was a worthwhile, but average book. Don’t expect to have your socks knocked off, but do expect to learn a few things.
I found this work helpful particularly for those curious on the topic of leadership and healthy community. Frankly, this, in my opinion, was a worthwhile, but average book. Don’t expect to have your socks knocked off, but do expect to learn a few things.
September 1, 2018
I appreciate a book that is fairly short--particularly if that book is non-fiction. Crouch does a brilliant job talking about true flourishing. How can we help others find life through meaningful action and vulnerability? It's the only way to be.
May 4, 2021
He took time and effort to explain each aspect of the vulnerability and authority we both experience in life and explains how we must have both in order to flourish in life. I had a few small takeaways from the book, seeing aspects of life in a new light. Overall a pretty neutral read.
June 12, 2023
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This book discusses the tension of authority and vulnerability in us, and how a balance of the sets us up to take holy risks.
He described what were evidently charts in the book, but I was able to grasp the content without viewing them.
This book discusses the tension of authority and vulnerability in us, and how a balance of the sets us up to take holy risks.
He described what were evidently charts in the book, but I was able to grasp the content without viewing them.
April 3, 2016
Summary: Explores two qualities that we often think opposed to one another and argues that strength and weakness are paradoxically related and that human beings flourish to the extent that they can appropriately exercise strength (authority) and weakness (vulnerability) together.
We often tend to think of strength and weakness, authority and vulnerability as mutually exclusive qualities or at opposite ends of a continuum. Yet the apostle Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10:
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.� Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Andy Crouch, building on this idea argues that strength and weakness are paradoxically related and that excellence in leadership and human flourishing occur when both are present in one’s life together. Rather than being at opposite ends of a continuum, he sees them as the x and y axes of a 2 by 2 grid.
Crouch defines authority as “the capacity for meaningful action� and vulnerability as “exposure to meaningful risk.� He would contend that when we oscillate between quadrants II and IV, between strength and weakness, we are making a false choice. True flourishing occurs in quadrant I where we embrace both the capacity for meaningful action and exposure to meaningful risk. This leads to flourishing not only of the individuals who act in this way but of those around, as he describes in the instance of his sister’s daughter Angela, who has lived eleven years so far with Trisomy 13, a genetic disorder where a person has three copies of chromosome 13, which has meant that parents and other caregivers have exercised both capacity for meaningful action and been exposed to meaningful risk for Angela, who cannot care for herself.
In successive chapters, Crouch explores life in each quadrant. Those in the quadrant of suffering have exposure to meaningful risk without the capacity for meaningful action. Illness and poverty are places where this is experienced, yet even here, when the gospel is embraced, hope and dignity is restored and there is a kind of strength in weakness allowing persons to move to quadrant I. Conversely, those in quadrant IV exercise authority without vulnerability, where the protection of oneself and one’s position means the exploiting of others.
Quadrant III is the quadrant of withdrawal. It is the safety of one’s parents� basement–no meaningful action in a world of video games, and no risk in the provision of food and shelter, sequestered away from the world. Crouch invites those who have withdrawn to take two steps–into the natural world of creation, and into the relational world of doing real things with real people!
Perhaps the most interesting chapter was one where he explored the challenge many leaders face of living with overt authority and hidden vulnerability. There is the President of the United States, who has such significant authority, that he receives a unique briefing of the dangers facing the U.S., a briefing he can discuss with few or any of those he meets in the remainder of the day. Similarly, many business leaders cannot speak of the vulnerabilities of their companies, but must take meaningful action to address them for their communities to flourish.
His concluding chapters talk about choosing of vulnerability, to literally be willing to put one’s life on the line in the pursuit of meaningful action with exposure to meaningful risk. This is transformative leadership, where one both experiences being truly alive, and where others are helped to flourish as they see our strength in weakness.
This is a much shorter work than either Culture Making or Playing God. It builds on the latter, which explores the use of the gift of power redemptively, but the length is appropriate to elaborating this single critical paradox of strength and weakness. One question the book raised for me is what is the hope for those in quadrant IV, the exploiters? Crouch warns of the judgment and the fall of those who choose this path. And perhaps those who are strong without being vulnerable are a version of the rich young man, for whom entry into the kingdom is so hard, yet not impossible (we have the counter-example of Zaccheus).
Since most of us will exercise some form of authority in some dimension of life, as parents, coaches, managers, leaders, committee chairs or in other forms of leadership that draw upon our capacities for meaningful action and expose us to meaningful risks, this is an important book for both our flourishing in such roles but for the flourishing of the broader communities we serve. It may be simpler to embrace one or neither of these two elements of the paradox, but this would be to sacrifice flourishing for a much smaller life for oneself and for those whose lives we touch. Living in the paradox seems more challenging, but somehow much richer. Clearly, Crouch has given us much to chew upon.
We often tend to think of strength and weakness, authority and vulnerability as mutually exclusive qualities or at opposite ends of a continuum. Yet the apostle Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 12:9-10:
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.� Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Andy Crouch, building on this idea argues that strength and weakness are paradoxically related and that excellence in leadership and human flourishing occur when both are present in one’s life together. Rather than being at opposite ends of a continuum, he sees them as the x and y axes of a 2 by 2 grid.
Crouch defines authority as “the capacity for meaningful action� and vulnerability as “exposure to meaningful risk.� He would contend that when we oscillate between quadrants II and IV, between strength and weakness, we are making a false choice. True flourishing occurs in quadrant I where we embrace both the capacity for meaningful action and exposure to meaningful risk. This leads to flourishing not only of the individuals who act in this way but of those around, as he describes in the instance of his sister’s daughter Angela, who has lived eleven years so far with Trisomy 13, a genetic disorder where a person has three copies of chromosome 13, which has meant that parents and other caregivers have exercised both capacity for meaningful action and been exposed to meaningful risk for Angela, who cannot care for herself.
In successive chapters, Crouch explores life in each quadrant. Those in the quadrant of suffering have exposure to meaningful risk without the capacity for meaningful action. Illness and poverty are places where this is experienced, yet even here, when the gospel is embraced, hope and dignity is restored and there is a kind of strength in weakness allowing persons to move to quadrant I. Conversely, those in quadrant IV exercise authority without vulnerability, where the protection of oneself and one’s position means the exploiting of others.
Quadrant III is the quadrant of withdrawal. It is the safety of one’s parents� basement–no meaningful action in a world of video games, and no risk in the provision of food and shelter, sequestered away from the world. Crouch invites those who have withdrawn to take two steps–into the natural world of creation, and into the relational world of doing real things with real people!
Perhaps the most interesting chapter was one where he explored the challenge many leaders face of living with overt authority and hidden vulnerability. There is the President of the United States, who has such significant authority, that he receives a unique briefing of the dangers facing the U.S., a briefing he can discuss with few or any of those he meets in the remainder of the day. Similarly, many business leaders cannot speak of the vulnerabilities of their companies, but must take meaningful action to address them for their communities to flourish.
His concluding chapters talk about choosing of vulnerability, to literally be willing to put one’s life on the line in the pursuit of meaningful action with exposure to meaningful risk. This is transformative leadership, where one both experiences being truly alive, and where others are helped to flourish as they see our strength in weakness.
This is a much shorter work than either Culture Making or Playing God. It builds on the latter, which explores the use of the gift of power redemptively, but the length is appropriate to elaborating this single critical paradox of strength and weakness. One question the book raised for me is what is the hope for those in quadrant IV, the exploiters? Crouch warns of the judgment and the fall of those who choose this path. And perhaps those who are strong without being vulnerable are a version of the rich young man, for whom entry into the kingdom is so hard, yet not impossible (we have the counter-example of Zaccheus).
Since most of us will exercise some form of authority in some dimension of life, as parents, coaches, managers, leaders, committee chairs or in other forms of leadership that draw upon our capacities for meaningful action and expose us to meaningful risks, this is an important book for both our flourishing in such roles but for the flourishing of the broader communities we serve. It may be simpler to embrace one or neither of these two elements of the paradox, but this would be to sacrifice flourishing for a much smaller life for oneself and for those whose lives we touch. Living in the paradox seems more challenging, but somehow much richer. Clearly, Crouch has given us much to chew upon.
May 19, 2023
The chapter on exploitation moved this from 4 to 5 stars for me.
July 1, 2017
A thought-provoking little book, one I found especially helpful regarding leadership.
February 5, 2024
I dont resonate with all the ways Andy organizes and presents ideas, but this book gave me a lot to think about.
March 5, 2017
Andy Crouch starts with a simple idea, presented as a 2x2 matrix—sort of like those that you might encounter in a business school classroom. Vulnerability and authority are often positioned in opposition to one another: to be vulnerable is to lack authority, and to have authority is to lack vulnerability.
Crouch argues that vulnerability and authority are not in opposition to one another, but are rather complementary. In fact, while vulnerability without authority leads to suffering, authority without vulnerability leads to exploitation, and a life with neither authority nor vulnerability leads to withdrawal, a life lived with both authority and vulnerability leads to a life of flourishing.
The book proceeds by examining what a life looks like in each of these categories, culminating in Crouch's argument for why true flourishing requires both authority and vulnerability. In his view, vulnerability is tantamount to being subject to meaningful risk, which is part and parcel with the human experience. Throughout history, humans have often attempted to reduce their risk by increasing their authority, which nearly always leads to negative consequences.
It is an elegant argument, but given the fact that it is easy to see how it plays out in various circumstances, it's not hard to find the book argument compelling. For example, Crouch points out that in recent years, police departments have increasingly invested in military-grade equipment and gear, which has served to both increase their authority while simultaneously reduce their vulnerability. (After all, coming up to a house in riot gear armed with assault weapons does not leave police offers in a position of significant vulnerability!) The consequence of this has been to actually increase the vulnerability of the communities in which those police officers serve. This increase in authority and corresponding decrease in vulnerability leads, therefore, to a form of exploitation and oppression in those communities.
This book is short, but it presents an idea in a lucid and compelling way. It is applicable to our personal lives, because we need to be prepared to live lives of meaningful risk. Crouch connects this to the gospel by describing how the exposure to risk is both a reflection of Christ's work and ministry as well as a vehicle by which we rely on God for the source of our protection, rather than our own (ultimately futile) attempts to increase our own authority to minimize our vulnerability. It is also applicable to culture writ large, because we see many of the problems in society—from presidential elections to racism to corporate greed—stem from persons and institutions looking to increase their authority without vulnerability.
This is an important and needed book, because it helps conceptualize major problems we face as a culture in a way that roots it firmly in Christian theology.
Crouch argues that vulnerability and authority are not in opposition to one another, but are rather complementary. In fact, while vulnerability without authority leads to suffering, authority without vulnerability leads to exploitation, and a life with neither authority nor vulnerability leads to withdrawal, a life lived with both authority and vulnerability leads to a life of flourishing.
The book proceeds by examining what a life looks like in each of these categories, culminating in Crouch's argument for why true flourishing requires both authority and vulnerability. In his view, vulnerability is tantamount to being subject to meaningful risk, which is part and parcel with the human experience. Throughout history, humans have often attempted to reduce their risk by increasing their authority, which nearly always leads to negative consequences.
It is an elegant argument, but given the fact that it is easy to see how it plays out in various circumstances, it's not hard to find the book argument compelling. For example, Crouch points out that in recent years, police departments have increasingly invested in military-grade equipment and gear, which has served to both increase their authority while simultaneously reduce their vulnerability. (After all, coming up to a house in riot gear armed with assault weapons does not leave police offers in a position of significant vulnerability!) The consequence of this has been to actually increase the vulnerability of the communities in which those police officers serve. This increase in authority and corresponding decrease in vulnerability leads, therefore, to a form of exploitation and oppression in those communities.
This book is short, but it presents an idea in a lucid and compelling way. It is applicable to our personal lives, because we need to be prepared to live lives of meaningful risk. Crouch connects this to the gospel by describing how the exposure to risk is both a reflection of Christ's work and ministry as well as a vehicle by which we rely on God for the source of our protection, rather than our own (ultimately futile) attempts to increase our own authority to minimize our vulnerability. It is also applicable to culture writ large, because we see many of the problems in society—from presidential elections to racism to corporate greed—stem from persons and institutions looking to increase their authority without vulnerability.
This is an important and needed book, because it helps conceptualize major problems we face as a culture in a way that roots it firmly in Christian theology.
June 3, 2021
Outstanding.
March 5, 2023
I really wanted to like this book more, but it felt like an essay that said what it needed to say but continued to say it a hundred more times. The book was overly repetitive and a bit too simplistic.
It attempts to address a topic Aristotle developed, that of flourishing/living a good life. Crouch says that in order to flourish we must possess simultaneously both authority and vulnerability. The book goes on to expose all the ways these combinations can go awry, yet when held in balance, the flourishing life can be attainable.
It attempts to address a topic Aristotle developed, that of flourishing/living a good life. Crouch says that in order to flourish we must possess simultaneously both authority and vulnerability. The book goes on to expose all the ways these combinations can go awry, yet when held in balance, the flourishing life can be attainable.
September 1, 2021
I listened to the audio, but own the print copy. Listening, at first I was "blah, blah, blah, yes I know that, Andy." He loves the two-by-two chart, and I do too. I had a nothing new to see here, move along attitude.
Then I heard Isabel's story. A professional in Chile, when she moved to America she could only find work cleaning houses. Scrubbing toilets. And yet her response was amazing. The Lord Jesus is teaching me that we are all immigrants, and our real home is with him.
Then I heard Isabel's story. A professional in Chile, when she moved to America she could only find work cleaning houses. Scrubbing toilets. And yet her response was amazing. The Lord Jesus is teaching me that we are all immigrants, and our real home is with him.
June 9, 2024
What an unexpected delight, I loved this.
Crouch offers an amazing paradigm through which to see authority, power, influence, and leadership. I recommend this to everyone who has some level of influence and power, especially within an institution. I need this as a teacher.
I listened to the audiobook and will be buying a physical copy to mark up and savor.
Crouch offers an amazing paradigm through which to see authority, power, influence, and leadership. I recommend this to everyone who has some level of influence and power, especially within an institution. I need this as a teacher.
I listened to the audiobook and will be buying a physical copy to mark up and savor.
August 29, 2016
A decent book about the balance between authority and vulnerability in leading, and following the true leader Jesus who was the perfect balance of both. With numerous examples and grace, crouch gives a great guide to leading in any vocation.
March 9, 2017
This deserves 10 stars. Reading this was one of the better uses of my time. Will be using/rereading/handing out this small book the rest of my life.
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