Bob Sitze is a former ELCA staff member in the ministries of hunger education, Christian education, stewardship education, and family life. An experienced ecclesiological observer, Sitze has more than 40 years of wide-ranging experience as a congregational leader and denominational executive. He is the author of (Not) Trying Too Hard, Your Brain Goes to Church, Starting Simple, It's (Not) Too Late, and Simple Enough. He is a leading proponent of asset-based approaches to congregational development. A graduate of Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska, with an MS in Education, Radio/Television, and Communications from Indiana University, Bloomington, he lives in the greater Chicago area.

"Bob Sitze gives us a refreshing refresher for a critical subject at a critical time. Be warned: If you skim the section on anosognosia in the opening chapter, you just might be part of the problem!"—Mark L. Vincent, CEO/Design Group International

“If you are typical and believe Christian stewardship happens on pledge card Sunday or that holistic stewardship is encouraging our members to cut up their credit cards so they can give even more to the church, you will not care for this book. But you need it. Badly. It will help you to understand that true stewardship is actually about how we manage 100% of our time, talents, and treasure, including the spiritual wisdom and traditions of our faith. That holistic spirit is the breath of life itself, which this book could help become the rushing wind of Christianity’s earliest days.”—Gary Moore, Founder of The Financial Seminary.