What Matters Most
How We Got the Point but Missed the Person
by Leonard I. Sweet · WaterBrook Press · 2012
Book summary
A prioritizing guide that clears away distraction and returns Christian life to love of God, love of neighbor, relationship, purpose, and Jesus.
Chapter & section guide
The Crisis of Too Much
Abundance of information and choice obscures what is essential.
First Things
Life gains coherence by ordering desires around God.
Jesus
Christ is not one priority among others but the center that interprets them.
Relationships
People matter more than platforms, possessions, and performance.
Time
Attention is a moral and spiritual form of love.
Character
Who one becomes outweighs image and achievement.
Service
Purpose is discovered through contribution to the life of others.
Mortality
Remembering life's limits clarifies value.
What Matters Most
Love remains the final measure of a life.
Editorial note: these are original thematic summaries prepared as a research and reading aid, not quotations from the book itself.