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On Monday some pastors will simply be satisfied that they made it through another Sunday.
(Hmmm. Pastors, remember the last time you went home from church thinking about how the Service impacted on you? Even when you’re on holidays you’re probably thinking about how the service you’ve attended impacted on the congregation.)

David Kraft is part of the Mark Driscoll publishing connection. (Less better, but more properly known as Re:Lit)

Kraft is the author of a new book ‘Leaders Who Last’.
It sounds interesting.

Here’s Kraft’s seven habits of a highly ineffective leaders lifted from ‘What’s Best Next’.
1. They spend too much time managing and not enough time leading.
2. They spend too much time counseling the hurting people and not enough time developing the people with potential.
3. They spend too much time putting out fires and not enough time lighting fires.
4. They spend too much time doing and not enough time planning.
5. They spend too much time teaching the crowd and not enough time training the core.
6. They spend too much time doing it themselves and not enough time doing it through others.
7. They make too many decisions based on organizational politics and too few decisions based on biblical principles.

Justin Taylor features a video in which Mark Driscoll interviews Kraft about the book.
Kraft sums up the book as being reflections on his own life and experiences as a Christian and a leader.
Driscoll testifies that earlier he had a good plan for his church, but a very poor plan for his own life personally. He credits Kraft with helping turn that around.
In the interview Kraft is introduced as a ‘coach’, which is also encouraging in that it suggest the book is about culture and relationships and not programs and individualism.