Rise and Walk [Paperback]

Michael D. Teague (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2007

Calling all men! do you feel like you are in a holding pattern, unable to make progress in your life? Are you paralyzed by negative, unhealthy, and life-limiting behaviors? Is you belief system preventing you from maximizing your potential? If you can answer Yes to any of these questions, then this is the book for you! Rise and Walk! Seven Steps to Purposeful Living will give you the tools that you need to make tremendous progress in your life.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Michael D. Teague is the CEO of Peak Performance Publishing, LLC, a publishing company, and Peak Performance Communications, LLC, a speaking and event management company. Michael started these companies he founded to assist people to live a better quality of life. Also, he is the founder and Senior Pastor of Christ Fellowship International Church, located in Piscataway, New Jersey. Possessed of an entrepreneurial spirit and drive to excel, Michael published independently Rise and Walk! Seven Steps to Purposeful Living. Michael has had a variety of experiences, which have equipped him uniquely to address the needs of a wide variety of audiences. He is a manager in corporate America, overseeing the needs of bereaved families at Hospice of New Jersey. He has over ten years of experience in the human service community. Additionally, in twenty years of active ministry, he has presented both nationally and internationally in the areas of youth and organizational development and leadership training. Michael considers himself also to be a Peak Performance Coach, whose speaking and teaching services are meant to enable his hearers to overcome life-limiting behaviors and thought patterns, in order to live more purposefully. To that end, his speaking and presentation topics include: Survival Before Success: Overcoming Obstacles in Your Life; Stand Up! Essentials for Advocating for Yourself; and You are an M.V.P.: Creating Meaning, Value, and Purpose in Your Life. Michael earned a B.A. in History from Dartmouth College and a Masters of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. He also received training and various certificates from the Rutgers University Center for Continuing Education, the American Academy of Bereavement, the National Center for Death Education, and the Leadership Academy of Hospice of New Jersey. Michael is married, has two children, and lives in Plainfield, New Jersey.

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Peak Performance Publishing (April 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0978881303
• ISBN-13: 978-0978881306
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,455,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars Boring! Boring! Boring!, April 21, 2011

By 

Shantae Rivers - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rise and Walk (Paperback)

Ugh! I don't even know where to begin with this. Someone gave me a copy of this book as a gift and I couldn't get past the first chapter. First, let me say that if it wasn't for someone giving me this book as a gift, I wouldn't have bothered with picking it up. Maybe, I would have but I would have put it right back down. The silhouette of a naked man makes me think it's a romance novel but then when I see that it's a Christian based book, I take serious offense to the naked man. There is nothing Christ like about seeing a naked man other than in ones bedroom. Am I suppose to take this book to church with me? Then the title is Rise and Walk, I don't see him rising or walking but standing in front of a road naked. He's standing in the middle of the road naked. Huh? Where is the rising and walking.
Then I flip to the back of the book and see it's for men. How is the front of that cover suppose to attract a man unless he's gay. The God I serve says that homosexuality is a sin. If he is really trying to gear his book towards men, he needs to change the book cover. This is the gayest christian book cover I've ever seen.
Then I try to open up the first chapter and read it and I am immediately bored. There is nothing about that first sentence that intrigues me. I try to read the Introduction and am bored by that too. This author has a really dry writing style. An opening sentence should grab the reader but in this case, it does not. The other problem is that, this book seems to be strictly this authors opinion with him trying so very hard to interpret the bible. I got nothing of any value from the first chapter. I got the authors opinion with bible verses but that's it. The first chapter was blah, blah, blah.
This book fails miserably compared to the other great christian authors out there. I'm so glad I didn't spend my money on this book. I feel bad for my friend that did, and instead will use this book as a paperweight or donate it to my local library. Blah, blah, book!