A Significant Life

August 14, 2006
Graff struggled with significance as he pastored a small church in Texas, yet when a large urban church asked him to join their staff, he declined. He began to understand that struggling churches in small towns "had their own unique significance" and, perhaps more importantly, so did he. Graff, founder of the Significant Church Network, guides readers to new understanding of true significance and how to live significantly each day. King David, whose story is told in the Old Testament, is the basis for Graff's five keys to significance: confidence, character, concentration, cooperation and community. He speaks of partnering with others, recognizing motives and cultivating forgiveness, plus myriad other things. Graff applies these concepts to individuals in typical pastorlike fashion, with lots of stories, an animated voice, some repetition and occasionally annoying alliteration. Yet the knowledge gleaned from David's life, from shepherd boy to wandering warrior to king, helps bring readers' own search for significance into focus as Graff addresses the highs and lows of what that means. "We must pursue embracing the fullness of who God made us to be and then those gifts to serve others."