Gordon MacDonald
MacDonald has written more than a dozen books and co-authored others with his wife, Gail. Perhaps his best-known book has been Ordering Your Private World, which won the Gold Medallion and the Platinum Awards from the Evangelical Christian Publishing Association. There are nearly 1.5 million copies of this book in print, and it has been translated into a dozen or more languages.
Among his other books: Secrets of a Generous Life (Published by Tyndale, Fall 2002); The Life God Blesses; Renewing Your Spiritual Passion; When Men Think Private Thoughts; and Mid-Course Correction (a book on “deep life-change). A revision of Ordering Your Private World was released in January 2003. A Resilient Life, (now also in German, Korean, and Dutch) was released in early 2005, and he recently released his latest book, Who Stole My Church.
MacDonald serves as an editor-at-large with Leadership journal, a publication of Christianity Today International. He writes regularly for each addition of Leadership and also writes a column (“Out of my Files”) which appears on Leadership’s website, LeadershipJournal.net.
He also speaks frequently at conferences for the Willow Creek Association both in the United States and in other parts of the world. Privately, he engages with company leaders as an executive coach.
As a speaker, Gordon addresses conferences of leaders both in the world of the church and business. These have included the American Standard Co., ServiceMaster, the Greater Orlando Leadership Foundation, and the DeVos Family Foundation leadership conferences.
His academic background includes a prep school graduation from the Stony Brook School, a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado (’62), and a M. Div from Denver Seminary (’66). Barrington College (later merged with Gordon College) awarded MacDonald an honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree in 1979.
Gordon and Gail MacDonald, married 46 years, live on an old farm (called Peace Ledge) in Canterbury, N.H. Their great satisfaction is in their two married children and five grandchildren. Beyond that, the MacDonalds are hikers, bikers, kayakers, and voracious readers.
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