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Executives are always looking for competent, capable professionals
who can lead and drive effectively in their organizations.
Remember, your best opportunities come from people you know, so
make your executive your next fan and supporter. This book will
guide you through: * The best practices for leading and driving
within your organization, if even as an individual contributor *
How email can be a problematic way to communicate, and the best
ways to communicate & influence others depending on situation
complexity & sensitivity * How to clone yourself and impart
these best practices to your teams * Why the typical management
pyramid should actually be inverted * Why ideal management of
directs is a two-way street, and why the best managers cultivate
their teams like an attentive gardener
This book is one part theological reflection, one part memoir, one
part critique of American transportation plus various other
observations on this and that. "Daniel Hertzler's deep wisdom and
dry wit shine through in this delightful book as he reflects upon
his thoughtfully lived life. The reader is freed to look at life in
fresh ways through this respected church leader's astute analysis
of his own life, the culture around him, and the Bible as it
relates to present realities." -Donna Mast, Conference Minister,
Allegheny Mennonite Conference "Those who have read Hertzler's
provocative editorials and articles over the years have come to
expect reasoned arguments, sharp wit, candor, biblical studies, and
prophetic edge. This memoir does not disappoint." -John Sharp,
Author, A School on the Prairie: A Centennial History of Hesston
College, 1909-2009 "For decades Dan Hertzler was the dean of
Mennonite journalism. Now, with vision undimmed and prose still
deft and spare, he looks back on the coordinates of a life
well-lived-faith . . . hearth . . . gardening . . . even the value
of an inherited shovel." -Wally Kroeker, Editor, The Marketplace
"Dan has once again offered us words that are modest, truthful,
engaging, and wise." -David B. Miller, Associate Professor of
Missional Leadership Development, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical
Seminary, in the Foreword
When Sergius of Radonezh founded a monastery near Moscow, his
example spawned a movement of monastic foundations throughout
Russia. Within three decades of his death in 1392, Sergius was
recognized as a saint, and by 1450 many considered him the
intercessor for the Russian land who freed its people from Mongol
rule. Over the next century and a half, thousands sought St.
Sergius' intercession with gifts to the monastery. Moscow's rulers
made Sergius patron saint of their dynasty and of the Russian
tsardom. By 1605, the Trinity-Sergius monastery was the biggest
house in Russia. Miller presents Trinity's dramatic history from
the fourteenth century to the beginning of the Time of Troubles.
Using extensive archival materials, he traces the evolution of
Trinity's relationship to Sergius' venerators and its traditions,
governance, social composition, and the lifestyle of its members.
In lucid prose, Miller argues that St. Sergius' cult and monastery
became integrating forces on a national scale and vital elements in
the forging of a Russian identity, economy, and cohesive society.
The power of religion to shape national identity is a lively topic
today, and Miller's study will interest both medievalists and
modern historians, as well as readers of Orthodox Church history.
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