Hand Me Another Brick by Charles Swindoll

A good friend of mine, Mignio Lopez, gifted me this book for my college graduation this past May. He’s a great friend of mine and I have been going to Bible study at his house for over a year since we began working together at the Cuban restaurant I used to work at. He told me that he’s read this book in Spanish 3 times. Wow. If he read it 3 times, it needed to be one of the ones that I read. His high praise definitely showed throughout the book as I learned a lot and had a lot of notes.

Right away, even in the intro, Charles centered the book around its purpose. He shared the vision of the book. The vision was to communicate biblical principles of leadership and give readers a greater understanding. Leadership from a spiritual perspective is something that is not taught enough. I agree. Especially with my aspirations, I knew right away, I would want to continue to be present as I read this book and would likely need to stop and talk to God throughout it.

Pg. xii, As a student of the Bible, I continue to uncover more and more truth on this vital subject (leadership). It seems a shame to keep it hidden in my head or tucked away in my files, especially with so little being communicated about leadership from a scriptural perspective.

He shares an interaction with former president Theodore Roosevelt and something he did that…