Still Me
Life as a Work in Progress
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Christian Life
| Author: | John Alan Turner | ISBN: | 9781684269860 |
| Publisher: | Abilene Christian University Press | Publication: | May 8, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Leafwood Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Alan Turner |
| ISBN: | 9781684269860 |
| Publisher: | Abilene Christian University Press |
| Publication: | May 8, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Leafwood Publishers |
| Language: | English |
He thought he’d be better at this Christianity thing by now.
All his life, John Alan Turner has wanted to be different, to be better than who he is, to improve. Instead, he helped plant a church that folded within a year. He got divorced. He was diagnosed with depression. His car was rear-ended and totaled, which left him with life-altering injuries. It seemed like the harder he pushed to become the person he was supposed to be, the farther away it fled. And now, here he is after all these years, saying, "I’m still me."
But in his journey, he has learned difficult lessons about stillness, about surrender, about silence. In Still Me, Turner helps readers examine their own lives and the difference between the life they thought they would have if they tried hard enough and the transformed life God offers to each one of us if we have the courage to sit still and surrender to the silence.
He thought he’d be better at this Christianity thing by now.
All his life, John Alan Turner has wanted to be different, to be better than who he is, to improve. Instead, he helped plant a church that folded within a year. He got divorced. He was diagnosed with depression. His car was rear-ended and totaled, which left him with life-altering injuries. It seemed like the harder he pushed to become the person he was supposed to be, the farther away it fled. And now, here he is after all these years, saying, "I’m still me."
But in his journey, he has learned difficult lessons about stillness, about surrender, about silence. In Still Me, Turner helps readers examine their own lives and the difference between the life they thought they would have if they tried hard enough and the transformed life God offers to each one of us if we have the courage to sit still and surrender to the silence.
