Ken Jennings - House on Fire!: A Story of Loss, Love & Servant Leadership

At a time when the world is crying for better leaders, Ken Jennings and Mike McCormick have produced a winner. House on Fire is powerful storytelling, but so much more! Patterned after what Jesus both taught and modeled about servant leadership, this book skillfully lays out the nuts and bolts to show readers how to improve their Serving Leadership.

Chaplain (Colonel) Scott McChrystal , USA (Retired). Military Representative, Assemblies of God Chaplaincy Ministries

House on Fire by my friend Ken Jennings and Mike McCormick is a tale of leadership and life shaping decisions, set in a gripping story of powerful relationships and choices. Leaders looking to shape and sharpen their leadership will find this book to be a ready and helpful guide to everyday effectiveness. The story is compelling, and the content is engaging. Read this book now!

John Jackson , President, William Jessup University

Is Servant Leadership good in for-profit or non-profit organizations? In both settings, the answer is an unequivocal yes and always. House on Fire illustrates the power of serving in Christian organizations by showing us how deep relationships paired with courageous goals, accountability, and support unlock amazing outcomes. Dont miss these life lessons for your work and the community you serve!

Cheryl Bachelder , Author, Dare to Serve: How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others . Former CEO of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.

House on Fire is a rare combination of great and proven content on leadership and a page-turning story all told against the backdrop of the college campus. It is an entertaining and edifying read for anyone, but will have special significance for those involved in ministry to college students and other young adults. Read, learn, enjoy and share!

Dan Dupee , Chairman of the Board, Coalition for Christian Outreach

Fascinating. I read this book in one sitting. The story line is captivating, and the principles are compelling. A must read for anyone committed to serving and leading a movement of multiplication. Well done.

Dan Spader , Author, 4 Chair Discipling . President, Global Youth Initiative

Ken, Mike, and their team have been instrumental in developing our MCYM leaders and aligning our ministry strategy into the future. House on Fire is a compelling story that brings leadership to life in the real world of ministry. It is a much-needed practical book that I wish I would have had earlier in my ministry career. Now that its here, I recommend it to every ministry leader.

Marty McCarty , Executive Director Military Community Youth Ministries; Vice President Young Life Military Club Beyond

The hallmark of Applied Servant Leadership involves an emphasis on the needs of others, enabling them to learn, grow and excel. It has been successfully applied in business settings, academics, healthcare, and athletics to augment the values an organization holds true. In this faith-based allegory, Serving Leadership facilitates the central character to transcend the human condition and understand the nature of faith lost and found.

Colleen Koch , MD, MS, MBA Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine

In House on Fire , Ken Jennings and Mike McCormick combine rich use of a metaphor, an engaging narrative style, creative graphics, and a generous offering of back-of-the-book resources in presenting five key and guiding principles for Applied Servant Leadership.

Gary Moon , Executive Director of the Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture and the Dallas Willard Center for Christian Spiritual Formation at Westmont College

House on Fire uses a great storytelling approach to illustrate and show application for very important leadership principles that all Serving Leaders should pay attention to. Thanks Ken and Mike for doing the work to make these principles come alive.

Dr. Sandra Gray , Former President, Asbury University

Ken Jennings and Mike McCormick have written a masterful book. It not only has an engaging story line, but when you finish the book you will have received the equivalent of an advanced degree in Serving Leadership based on Christ like leadership principles. I highly recommend this book for all who are in or aspire to leadership positions.

Kerry Alberti , Chairman, Board of Directors of Military Community Youth Ministries; Trustee Emeritus and retired Chief Financial Officer of Young Life

House on Fire is thought-provoking, practical, and insightful. I believe the principles presented in this easy-to-read narrative will capture the hearts and imagination of the next generation of leaders in the Church.

Linnette Bachman , Campus Minister, The Navigators

A STORY OF
LOSS, LOVE & SERVANT LEADERSHIP

KEN JENNINGS

Best-selling co-author of The Serving Leader

MIKE MCCORMICK

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NEW YORKLONDONMELBOURNEVANCOUVER

House on Fire!

A Story of Loss, Love & Servant Leadership

2020 Ken Jennings and Mike McCormick

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or otherexcept for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Published in New York, New York, by Morgan James Publishing. Morgan James is a trademark of Morgan James, LLC. www.MorganJamesPublishing.com

All characters in House on Fire are fictional. All combat scenes were written by D.L. Jennings and were reviewed and approved by the Department of Defense.

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations taken from Th e Holy Bible, New International Version NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Daughter, son, step into the light.

D.L. JENNINGS,

Award Winning Novelist, Gift of the Shaper

The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons, with Himself included in that community as its prime sustainer and most glorious inhabitant.

DALLAS WILLARD

S ervice, sacrifice , and love are perhaps not the words you would expect to be used to describe a singular approach to living and leading others, but they belong together. Ken Jennings and Mike McCormick elegantly stitch these words to each other in their new book, House on Fir e .

My leadership research and life experience have taught me that servant leadership is the best way to leadbecause leaders who serve first and lead second achieve both great relationships and great results. Servant leadership has become a movement not only in this country but also around the world. House on Fire will show you practical servant leader actions you can take to become a better leader as well as the heart reasons behind those actions.

Ken and Mike have written a book you wont be able to put down. Its an engaging and exciting storya fast-paced adventure about a young woman on a quest. Like every quest, this journey contains a worthwhile prize, unpredictable danger, and the opportunity to learn important truths. I think youll enjoy each of these elementsand maybe encounter some surprises along the way.