Bill Hybels, Axiom: Powerful Leadership Proverbs (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2008). $18.99, 224 pages. Twenty years ago, I attended Willow Creek Church for the first time. My first impression wasn’t positive. The church was large, the campus sprawling, and the service a performance. Bill Hybels’ message that day – if memory serves – lasted about 45 minutes. As a college senior about to embark on a career in ministry, I thought to myself, “If this is the future of church, God help us all.” Ten years later, I attended my first Leadership Summit with my senior pastor and another colleague. … Continue reading Axiom