I am slowly going to get back into the blogging world again so this will be short and sweet. This is a wonderful book that kicked my butt in terms of my “whining” about how much time i have to pursue goals, even with Jude at what feel like the busiest stage of his life and with another baby on the way (due early March 2011). I have dreams and some life goals that seem like miles away, but really I have been making excuses. Perhaps its this sabbatical I am on that is making me realize a few things.

With that said Linchpin is a great motivator, its abstract enough to inspire you and specific enough to get you on the right path. His concepts around gifts and his words about self awareness are perfect. These are concepts that mentally i have known for a long time but only now am I ready to take some steps to make my ideas into beliefs by putting them into action.

Maybe its my current state of life, but i give this book a 5 out 5.

I just found a free new ebook put out by Seth Godin called What Matters Now. I am excited to read it this holiday season.

Okay, I have come to grips with the fact that I am not going to complete 48 books by the end of this year. (A baby can do that to you). But for the books i do complete I will at least post my thoughts.

Tribes was very inspirational for me. Sometimes I wonder what it is we have created with the open house, and Seth inspired me to keep going. He inspired me to push the envelope, keep trying things, and my favourite quote from the book:

Change is made by people, by leaders who are proud to be called heretics because their faith is never in question.

You have to read the book to get where he is coming from with the word heretic, but basically he inspires tribe leaders to always move forward, don’t stay safe and always re-evaluate what your doing. That has been the nature and culture of toh since the beginning.

And Seth also writes:

The yin and yang are clear: without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it’s unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist.

It was a book with nuggets of truth throughout. Seth has a great understanding of our generation and of leadership. I would recommend this book for any organic church planter looking for inspiration. My CP rating is 4/5 and is best utilized by the planter to be used as a motivator.

Here are some other quotes I wrote down from the book.

tonight was quite amazing at toh. I am remembering again. Genesis 4:1-16 was key.

Here is a great simple quote from seth godin that encouraged me as well.

“The work is what people talk about, because it’s what we experience. In other words, the work tells a story.

On the other hand, if you decide what the story is, you can do work that matches the story. Your decisions will match the story. The story will become true because you’re living it.”