THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT
One of the teachers of the law came … and asked Jesus, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
“The most important one” answered Jesus, “Is this: ‘Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” – Mark 12:28-34
Coach Pielstick takes us on a husband’s and wife’s journey with Our Lord—a real walk into the trials and tribulations life brings, and how they glorified the sacrament of marriage. Bruce and Lisa lived “God as love” and being disciples of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. They are my inspiration in my own personal journey. Thanks for the courage to write this book.
—John Volek, Head Football Coach at Sacramento State University & AD at Sierra College
In Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength, Bruce Pielstick does an excellent job of sharing his personal journey and how God has been faithful through the blessings and challenges of his life. Bruce’s passion for God, His Word and the love for his family makes this a must-read.
—Brian Willmer, Head Football Coach MidAmerica Nazarene University
If you love to read you probably have a favorite book. Is there a life-changing, paradigm-altering book that you have grappled with in the last few years? Let me lift the bar one more notch. Aside from the Bible, what is the best book you’ve ever read, the one you keep rereading? I believe Heart, Soul, Mind & Strength is that kind of book. It could become a bestseller like my friend Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven Life. It could be used to build and communicate leadership style, like Coach Pete Carroll’s Win Forever. This book is more. It is forged from the real-life fire of Bruce Pielstick’s life, his football coaching career, the romance and battle against cancer with his high school sweetheart, and seeing how God still has a plan to win when it looks like cancer has taken its final victory lap. I am a lifelong admirer of this one-in-a-million coach, who is also the most determined receiver any quarterback ever threw to. He’s a father, a grandfather, and a life-filled newlywed who tells everyone he is going to help find the cure to cancer, I can say his overwhelming desire is simply to honor God. After reading his book, I believe him and so will you.
—Rev., Dr. Tim “TD” White, Senior Pastor Washington Cathedral, Adjunct Professor at
Northwest University, President Washington seminary and author of Ulysses Dream
