The Four Priorities: Life is Too Short to Get It Wrong
Author: Dr. John Tolson

(publisher’s overview)
In his book The Four Priorities: Life is Too Short to Get It Wrong, Dr. John Tolson provides a process for applying wellness-centered, Biblical principles that revolutionize personal life as well as the life of the local church. The book confronts life’s voids and challenges, and demonstrates how to “get it right” through a personal, progressive commitment to Christ, self-valuation, relationship building, and community connections.

About the Author
Dr. John Tolson is a nationally renowned teacher, speaker, and author who has spent more than 30 years making a profound impact on the lives of others. As Founder and Chairman of The Tolson Group, he oversees a collection of ministries across the country that specialize in outreach and discipleship training for adults and students. Tolson is also the Founder and Chairman of the Board for The Gathering USA, Inc., a national outreach movement formed in 1978 that teaches men leadership principles and motivates them to be active in their families, churches and communities.

Tolson graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Georgia, and received a Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Tolson teaches at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas, where he runs several leadership programs. He is married to “Punky” Leonard Tolson, who is also active in his ministry. He is the father of two grown children from his late wife Ruth Anne and he has three granddaughters. Before moving to Dallas in 2002, Tolson spent 20 years in Central Florida.