Quotes from Canoeing the Mountains by Tod Bolsinger

Conceptually stuck systems cannot become unstuck simply by trying harde. For a fundamental reorientation to occur, the spirit of adventure which optimizes serendipity and which enables perceptions beyond the control of our thinking processes must happen first--Edwin Friedman

Now we are called to minister to a pa. ssing parade of people who treat us like we are but one option in their personal salad bar of self-fulfillment. To do so will require a significant shift in thinking about pastoral leadership.--Tod Bolsinger

It is not so much that God has a mission for his church in the world, but that God has a church for his mission in the world--Christopher Wright

Leadership is energizing a community of people toward their own transformation in order to accomplish a shared mission in the face of a changing world--Tod Bolsinger