The book’s summary begins, “Creating something from nothing is an unpredictable journey.” Any church planter and anyone who has ever started a new ministry from scratch knows this to be true. Many people are great at leading at the beginning and at the final mile, but what about in the middle, where the journey tends to become less clear? In The Messy Middle, Scott Belsky, author, entrepreneur, and Chief Product Officer at Adobe, provides insight on systems, hiring, management, and finishing strong—areas that often trip up start-ups—with lessons that are easily applied to churches, pastors, and the people you lead. The book is a guide for navigating the hardest, most important, most ignored, misunderstood, and messiest part of any project or venture—the middle.