Don’t focus on whether your church is dying; keep your focus on being transformed into the leader God can use to transform his people for his mission. Completely updated to reflect the latest in paddling technology, Nealy’s classic manual is dead-on hilarious.

Each of the trips features a full description and map of the route, plus bullets on distance and time, where to launch, tide and currents, “plan B” routes, and nearby attractions. Employing Lewis and Clark's experience of exploring the Louisiana Purchase as a driving metaphor for the leadership that is needed in the church, Bolsinger issues a bold challenge to contemporary pastors to learn how to lead all over again. Tod Bolsinger (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the vice president for vocation and formation and assistant professor of practical theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. Freya Hoffmeister, a forty-six-year-old former sky diver, gymnast, marksman, and Miss Germany contestant, left her twelve-year-old son behind to paddle alone and unsupported around Australia—a year-long adventure that virtually every expert guaranteed would get her killed.Tod's retelling of the story of Lewis and Clark provides concrete stepping stones to a fluid journey and repackages these concepts in a way that is digestible, inspiring and thought provoking. After signing your life away on a disclaimer form, you’re put in your canoe or kayak, told to paddle around a bit (to check you have the basics) and then sent on your merry way. Now expanded with a study guide, this book will set you on the right course to lead with confidence and courage. Written by the American canoe Association and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Introduction to Paddling is an easy-to-understand guide to flatwater and river paddling. For even more adventure you can enjoy some wild swimming, hike up to caves or explore nearby castles.

Since its establishment as a federally protected wilderness in 1964, the Boundary Waters has become one of our nation’s most valuable―and most frequently visited―natural treasures. Shortly after the purchase, Jefferson commissions an expedition with several goals: (1) to explore and map the newly acquired territory, (2) to establish an American presence in the territory—largely settled by indigenous nations—before other European powers could claim it, and (3) to find a practical water route across the western half of the continent and to the Pacific Ocean.In such a place Heacox finds that people are reborn too, and their lives begin anew with incredible journeys, epiphanies, and successes. Next time you drive across that bridge on your way to work look down at the river below and ask it where did it come from and where is it going.

The real challenge though is recognizing and persisting through sabotage, which Bolsinger believes can be expected when leading in uncharted territory.All proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Muscular Dystrophy Society Ireland Ltd Reg Charity 20012038). Rightly so, Bolsinger emphasizes that it is the mission that should rule everything, not the methods. That while leadership in uncharted territory requires both learning and loss, once we realize that the losses won’t kill us, they can teach us.