Uncommon Threads

Weaving a Life Through Family, Business and Faith

By: John Wieland

Narrated by: John Wieland

Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

John Wieland is the first to admit his success is baffling. When an average Joe turns a bankrupt company into a 30-branch business that earns over $500 million in revenue and gives 10 percent of the company profits to ministries across the world, Wieland is the first to ask: how did this happen? His conclusion: business, family and faith affect each other in ways that few realize and together bring about success. Unlike many books that discuss faith, Wieland never preaches perfection. It’s his honesty about his own struggles—between worship and human instinct, between sacrifice and indulgence, between sharing his love of God with others and appreciating people right where they are—that makes Uncommon Threads so unique. In it, Wieland uses the lens of his own life to tackle important topics such as hypocrisy, racism, parenting, religion and even what happens when you take someone into your home only to later find out that he shot a lady in the head and left her for dead.

In the end, Wieland shows that family, business and faith are inescapably woven together and that the lessons you learn growing up can provide the values that serve you well throughout the rest of your life.

His is the story of a life well-spent. The combination of self-deprecating tales of his foibles and touching moments of inspiration received from both his successes and failures makes Uncommon Threads a must-listen.

©2021 John Wieland (P)2024 John Wieland

Great Listen

I may be a little bias in knowing John for 15+ years, but this is an honest review. I'm not a big reader but have become a huge fan of audiobooks over the last few years, it is calming to listen to and from work each day. When this book came out I told John "You need to do an audiobook!", request denied. More requests...nothing. When I heard he was finally doing one I asked who was going to read it and was shocked when he said he was. I'm glad he decided to do the reading himself, I think it makes the book more authentic coming from the author. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing stories from his past I have never heard of and saying out loud while listening "yup...that sounds like something he would do!"

I listened at 1.5 and was perfectly fine understanding at his pace of reading. I waited until I finished to check out the amazing illustrations that are mentioned by John and in the physical book. Very well done!