Praise for Learning to Serve,
Serving to Learn:
"If you want to live a less-frenzied life, a better life, a life of
meaning and fulfillment, let this book be the starting point. James
Riley has taken concepts and philosophies we've all heard before in one
place or another, and, true to the highest calling of an author, has
made them real with personal stories that compel us to re-examine our
own stories."
James
A. Autry
author, The Servant Leader
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"Rare are
those who reflect deeply on
what matters most to them, and rarer still are those to take time to
write it down. Jim Riley, a member of the education department at
Manchester College, has done both in his gentle and wise book.
This
highly readable book bursts with
real life situations from which Jim has learned. He describes an
almost incorrigible student with whom he had tried almost every
approach he knew until realizing that he needed to empower that
student to mentor a younger student in order to break some unhealthy
and dangerous habits.
The book
is not a simplistic 1-2-3
guidebook about living a perfect life. Instead, it is a collection
of real-people examples of everyday folks gaining a sense of
understanding about what really counts in life - serving others and
leading others in a spirit of giving."
Jo Young Switzer
President
, Manchester College
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"This is a
book you might not have found without a recommendation, but you will be
glad you did.
Reading this book is like sitting down with a very wise person, talking
about personal and important things. Riley explores the concepts of
leadership, service and learning in a very intimate and compelling way.
We meet people in his life though the use of stories –
stories that are well crafted to help him make his points.
He also talks about mistakes that he has made, and how they relate to
his thesis that to be an effective servant leader (and to be a
continuous learner), we must become less self-centered.
Riley shares one particularly painful and poignant story (I
won’t ruin it by telling you the details) that we all can
relate to, but examines motives in a way that I’ll never
forget. When you can say that about any piece of writing, whatever the
medium, it is something to recommend.
Buy this book and you’ll be the first one on your block to
own one. Then curl up on a fall Saturday afternoon and read its roughly
100 pages. If you do this, I’ll bet you won’t long
be the only person you know with a copy – because
you’ll be recommending it to others as well."
Kevin
Eikenberry
The Kevin Eikenberry Group
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