About book The Cost Of Winning: Coming In First Across The Wrong Finish Line (2008)
I found this gem on the discount table at Seagull a few years ago. After I devoured it, I went back and bought my husband a copy. I wish I'd bought ten more to give away. Dean Hughes writes about all of the different ways we (members of the LDS church) focus on the wrong goals, in an attempt to cross that eternal goal line. The numbers game is one; putting an emphasis on works and ignoring the power of grace is another. It's hard to explain just how powerful this little book is. One chapter heading should give you an idea of the content: "Looking Good vs. Being Good." There's also a chapter titled "Seeing Clearly," and another titled "Our Divided Selves." I've been reading this one in fits and starts over the last month, mostly because Mahon was reading it too. Dean Hughes is a prominent LDS fiction author, and honestly I wasn't sure how much to expect of this book, but I loved it. He talks frankly and forthrightly about focusing on the things that matter the most, and what it means to be truly righteous as opposed to only appearing to be righteous, etc. This is one I definitely will want to read again eventually.
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Honest to the core. Perfect for our U.S. Mormon culture. Great book to read and reference to.
—Athu
Very inspiring. Thought provoking in regard to keeping commandments better.
—laurali
