By Ruth Zetek
Books that encourage us in our walk with God or encourage us in carrying out our various roles on this earth do not have to be lengthy, exhaustive tomes to be effective. Lengthy books can, in fact, actually discourage us in our quest for encouragement because, since there are so many words, we may forget what we read in chapter one by the time we get to chapter sixty-one. Dr. Carson Pue’s book, “Mentoring Wisdom – Living and Leading Well,” is a short and easy read but is loaded with brief nuggets of encouragement and wisdom - presented in several different ways - that will serve to greatly encourage those in positions of leadership, whether in a business organization, a church, or even at home. God has called each of us to be a leader in some capacity. This is a book to refer to again and again when various stressors come into our lives as leaders and we need reminders of the best way to handle them from a divine and godly perspective directly from the Word of God.
Each of the 57 chapters in the book (don’t let that number discourage you!) provides encouragement, analogies, and examples from Dr. Pue’s life (as a globally respected mentor) related to particular themes, that leaders can glean from and identify with in their day-to-day tasks. These leadership themes are nicely indexed in the Table of Contents to allow readers to easily obtain needed wisdom on any particular issue t ...
