Closing a Chapter, Starting a New One

I think I’ll go home now. — Forrest Gump
We are not called to success but to faithfulness. — Oswald Chambers

Writing Christian books is sort of unorthodox type of calling. It’s a ministry; and much like being a pastor or missionary, it is an opportunity to communicate God’s truth to people, challenging and encouraging them in their walk with Christ (or helping them to begin that walk in the first place). However, unlike a pastor or missionary, financial support for this vocation is not tied to a church, missions organization, or supporters, but is based purely on the marketplace.

I took this step of faith into the uncertain world of Christian authoring just over 5 years ago. And I share in my book The Expeditionary Man all of the professional and family-related factors that led me to taking this “crazy” step of faith.

When times were tight financially a couple years ago, my utmost prayer was simply asking that we could buy enough time to continue writing until The Expeditionary Man was released. From its initial vision, that was always THE BOOK to me—the one with an original vision/message that I believed did have a chance of impact the world. So, we persevered and continued to invest our resources into this opportunity—working towards the goal of getting that particular book out there. In many ways, all of the uncertainty made it the hardest 5 years of our marriage—but Read the rest of this entry »