It’s 2021 book review time! And guess who’s joining us? Our amazing youth— Ashley and Darius. We chat the recent social media detox at The Evolution, and the books we read over that 6 week period. Hear their incredible thoughts on what they’ve read, learned and have questions about.

12:10 Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon Sinek

• How important is it for our why (aka identity) to be clearly articulated and not abstract?
• Does not having a why cause teams to resort to carrots and sticks in order to move forward?

19:46 Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, Angela Duckworth

• A terrible experiment on puppies and it’s implications about resilience…
• The importance of support and doing ‘hard things’
• Why we all need to love discipline.

32:06 The Genius of Jesus: The Man Who Changed Everything, Erwin Raphael McManus

• Truth VS being True
• How can we teach being true to the next generation?
• We mention to Old Testament concept of Shalom and being clear about ideas like love and freedom.

40:29 The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: Staying Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in Our Current Chaos, John Mark Comer

• What do we do with the lack of diversity among published work?
• How do we navigate great but imperfect authors and their ideas?

46:13 For A New Generation, Joakim Lundqvist; Extravagant Worship, Darlene Zschech.

• Sowing love in a generation that’s getting increasingly critical, judgmental and toxic.
• Having a worship life off-the-platform that more robust than on-the-platform

1:00:05 The Unquenchable Worshipper, Matt Redman and Beth Redman

• When times are tough, how can we stop ourselves from blaming God and others?

And finally, at [1:05:38] C takes us through 4 ways to approach learning—whether it’s reading a book or listening to a podcast, and reveals which books we might be reading in 2022.

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💌 Thanks, Ashley and Darius! We are so blown away by your intelligence, thoughtfulness, curiosity and love for personal growth. You’re going to be amazing leaders. — C + K.

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Mentioned Resources:

For Estella Low’s Shalom, check out The Evolution’s Message Podcast at: https://open.spotify.com/show/3GGLXnVWY4PHsEt2oflgPa?si=Kr7Wxky0RuqdqIcp2UqpgQ

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