Strong and Weak, Andy Crouch
Strong and Weak, Andy Crouch
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Strong and Weak
Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing

Author: Andy Crouch

Narrator: Andy Crouch

Unabridged: 4 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/12/2016

Synopsis

Flourishing people are strong and weak. Two common temptations lure us away from abundant living? Withdrawing into safety or grasping for power. True flourishing, says Andy Crouch, travels down an unexpected path?being both strong and weak. We see this unlikely mixture in the best leaders? People who use their authority for the benefit of others, while also showing extraordinary willingness to face and embrace suffering. We see it in Jesus, who wielded tremendous power yet also exposed himself to hunger, ridicule, torture and death. Rather than being opposites, strength and weakness are actually meant to be combined in every human life and community. Only when they come together do we find the flourishing for which we were made. With the characteristic insight, memorable stories and hopeful realism he is known for, Andy Crouch shows us how to walk this path so that the image of God can shine through us. Not just for our own good, but for the sake of others. If you want to become the kind of person whose influence leads to healthy communities, someone with the strength to be compassionate and generous, this is the book for you. Regardless of your stage or role in life, whether or not you have a position of leadership, here is a way of love and risk so that we all, even the most vulnerable, can flourish.

About Andy Crouch

Andy Crouch is editorial director for The Christian Vision Project at Christianity Today International and executive producer of Where Faith and Culture Meet, a series of short documentary films on Christians creating "a counterculture for the common good." He is a member of the editorial board of Books & Culture, and a senior fellow of the International Justice Mission's IJM Institute. His writing has appeared in several editions of Best Christian Writing and Best Spiritual Writing. He lives with his family in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barnabas on May 08, 2016

I'd give this book six or seven stars if I could. It is profound and formative, a rare book that gives a livable paradigm. Crouch is equal parts teacher and inspirer with a lot of craftsman thrown in to make the work beautiful. It is a book for leaders, parents, students, spouses, and more. But it i......more

Goodreads review by Laura on September 06, 2021

A completely paradigm-shifting book. Crouch, as he almost always does, has taken the time to think deeply about the unspoken realities that motivate us, and has organized these ideas into a deceptively simple framework that gives us new vocabulary to probe our own choices. In this case, he sheds née......more

Goodreads review by Mark on March 24, 2016

I loved Crouch's two major previous books, Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling and Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power. I felt this one was also very profitable, though not quite as deep as his other two. All the same, I'm planning a second read-through. I want to get this. I think......more

Goodreads review by Katie on January 05, 2023

A helpful read on considering the unseen and overlooked facets of true leadership. Crouch helped to untangle my assumptions of what leadership does entail and what it does not. He lays out a kind, freeing, challenging view of leadership that accounts for sacrifice and vulnerability. Yes, this book i......more

Goodreads review by Tim on March 30, 2018

Vintage Andy Crouch here. The book’s main premise – that we are called to flourishing, which necessarily includes authority AND vulnerability – is simple yet profound. 2x2 charts FTW!......more

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