Off-Road Disciplines

Our book for the month of January 2007 is Off-Road Disciplines: Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders by Earl Creps. About the book:

To reach today’s culture, he says, we need missional leaders: men and women whose passion and vision for the world makes them people others want to emulate.

Prayer and Bible reading – what Earl calls "on-road practices"—are vital, of course. But it's in the "off-road" disciplines that Creps says a missional heart is formed: "... missional leadership derives not from methodologies or strategies, but from the work of the Holy Spirit to rearrange one’s interior life,” says Creps.

The unexpected "off-road" spiritual encounters, complete with the off-roader's bumps and bruises, make room for Jesus to take the central position. Only then will the Holy Spirit reshape you as a leader worth following.

• Listen to the author reading the book's introduction (mp3)
  
• Download the Off-Road Discipline Study Guide (free!)

The author, Dr. Earl Creps, has a beautifully-designed website at www.earlcreps.com with his online journal, events, articles, and even a podcast. I just started reading the book over the holiday break, so let's read it together, and we'll discuss it here in the coming weeks.