In a book excerpt published on the Fox News website, the pastor described the power of staying others-focused—a skill that is vital for ministry as well as for daily life. Renowned Christian apologist Francis Schaeffer, in fact, had “a ministry of conversation,” according to Schaeffer’s wife, Edith.
A blurb for “Please, Sorry, Thanks” by Art of Leadership Academy founder Carey Nieuwhof called Batterson’s new book “a practical framework to be the kind of thoughtful, helpful force for good you always wanted to be.” The book’s promotional materials indicate that the pages will help people “harness the power of those three transformative words and let them propel you wherever God leads you to go.”
