WWW.AGRM.ORG MAY/JUNE 2018 57 BE YOUR BEST We all do ministry with a team, whether paid or volunteer. Anyone who has been part of a great team knows it’s something special. And we’re painfully aware of what hap- pens when there is dysfunction in the team. Lance Witt, founder of Replenish ministries and a former pastor at Saddle- back Church, wrote High Impact Teams: Where Healthy Meets High Performance (Baker Books) to help you stay on the “great” side. He shows leaders how to build next-level teams that are spiritu- ally, emotionally, and relationally healthy, and productive and high-performing. Short, to-the- point chapters make the book easy to read—maybe even together as a team. RUNNING IN CIRCLES The last few decades have rapidly birthed a modern world that would have been unrec- ognizable 50 years ago. As long-held beliefs on love, faith, and God are challenged by the flood of changes that have over- hauled our world, many of us are left feel- ing confused and uncertain while old norms are challenged and redefined at breakneck speed. In Wrestling with God: Finding Hope and Meaning in Our Daily Struggles to Be Human (Image), Ronald Rolheiser helps us understand our faith in a world where nothing seems solid or permanent. He examines the fears and doubts that challenge us, and helps us to find meaning. SOFTER SIDE OF US Organizations often focus on the “hard skills” of running their nonprofit, but don’t give much attention to encouraging softer skills. The Softer Side of Leadership: Essential Soft Skills That Transform Leaders and the People They Lead (Deep River Books) by Eugene B. Habecker has two main sec- tions. The first section focuses on the soft skills that effective leaders develop in a more per- sonal dimension. These skills help leaders build and maintain a healthy spiri- tual, mental, and physical foundation that will benefit them personally as much as professionally. The second section focuses on skills that effective leaders foster, such as creativity, trust, and forgiveness.