Not yet… but it soon will be!<\/p>\n
I was offered the opportunity to receive two free copies of Mark Batterson’s<\/span><\/font><\/a> new (not yet out, but on Aug. 19) book, Wild Goose Chase<\/font><\/a> and blog a review of the book before August 19. The books just came today… I’ve been anxiously awaiting them and will move it to the top of my “MUST READ” list… actually I will take one on vacation next week. With today being the 13th<\/span> and getting ready for vacation and the 19th<\/span> just 6 days away, I am choosing to post a few helpful “one liners” from the book and will blog more about it at a later date.<\/p>\n Here is a summary and bio on Mark as well….<\/p>\n Most of us have no idea where we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re going most of the time. Perfect. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Celtic Christians had a name for the Holy Spirit\u00e2\u20ac\u201cAn Geadh<\/span>–Glas<\/span>, or \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthe Wild Goose.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 The name hints at mystery. Much like a wild goose, the Spirit of God cannot be tracked or tamed. An element of danger, an air of unpredictability surround Him. And while the name may sound a little sacrilegious, I cannot think of a better description of what it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like to follow the Spirit through life. I think the Celtic Christians were on to something\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.Most of us will have no idea where we are going most of the time. And I know that is unsettling. But circumstantial uncertainty also goes by another name: Adventure.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d —from the introduction. One-liners…<\/p>\n “Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.”<\/p>\n “Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention.”<\/p>\n “Stop repeating the past and start creating the future.”<\/p>\n “Stop playing not to loose and start playing to win”<\/p>\n ” Quit putting eight foot ceilings on what God can do.”<\/p>\n I am sure I will blog more later… as Mark is some one that I really appreciate as an author, pastor, and blogger. I read his blog daily, have read his first book twice (In a pit with a lion on a snowy day– HIGHLY recommend it by the way!), and have attended his church twice at their Coffee Shop location in D.C.!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not yet… but it soon will be! I was offered the opportunity to receive two free copies of Mark Batterson’s new (not yet out, but on Aug. 19) book, Wild Goose Chase and blog a review of the book before August 19. The books just came today… I’ve been anxiously awaiting them and will move […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-readings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emergentbrethren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emergentbrethren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emergentbrethren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emergentbrethren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emergentbrethren.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emergentbrethren.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emergentbrethren.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emergentbrethren.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emergentbrethren.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nAuthor Bio:
\nMark Batterson<\/span> is the lead pastor of Washington, DC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s National Community Church, widely recognized as one of America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most innovative churches. NCC<\/span> meets in movie theaters at metro stops throughout the city, as well as in a church-owned coffee house near Union Station. More than seventy percent of NCC<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ers<\/span> are single twentysomethings<\/span> who live or work on Capitol Hill. Mark is the author of the best-selling In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day and a widely read blogger (www.markbatterson.com). He lives on Capitol Hill with his wife, Lora, and their three children.<\/p>\n