Cris Alley reviews a missions and culture favorite—Lesslie Newbigin’s Foolishness to the Greeks.

Marie Burrus reviews Charles Duhigg’s Supercommunicators.

Josh Ellis reviews one of his favorite leadership books—Tim Elmore’s The Eight Paradoxes of Leadership: A Contrarian Approach to Building Leaders and Cultivating Influence.

Victor Marte reviews Gospel Fluency by Jeff Vanderstelt

Victor Marte recomienda La Vivacidad del Evangelio por Jeff Vanderstelt.

Cris Alley reviews Shauna Pilgreen’s “Love Where You Live.”

Church Consultant Sally Hinzie is an avid reader and a practical thinker. She condenses The Trellis and the Vine into a quick, easy-to-read review.

I have tried to apply the discipline of simplicity in my personal life. We have a simple home, used cars, and “antique furniture” that was once new but has aged along with us. So when I found a book applying the principle of simplicity to the church, it certainly caught my interest. It was Deve Browing’s Deliberate Simplicity – How the Church Does More by Doing Less.

One of the best parts of getting a PhD in Leadership was being required to read widely on the subject.

If stranded on a desert island and given only one book from which to teach leadership, I would choose a lesser-known book called Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership by Lee Bolman and Terrance Deal.

Sally Hinzie, UBA Church Consultant, is an avid reader and a practical thinker. She condenses selected books into a quick, easy-to-read review.

This week's edition reviews Tony Maalouf's Ishmael in the Shadow of Israel: The Unfolding of God’s Prophetic Plan for Ishmael’s Line.