Why another book?
It’s a fair question. Shelves are already full. Voices are already many. Words are already everywhere.
And yet—we keep reading.
Because no one says, I’ve breathed enough. No one says, I’ve slept enough. No one says, I’ve eaten enough for a lifetime.
We need another breath. Another night of sleep. Another meal to sustain us. A few more steps to keep moving forward.
In the same way, we need another reminder. Another perspective. Another voice to help us see what we have forgotten or overlooked.
That is what books have done for me.
When I wrote Equilibrium, it came from years of learning how to live on uneven ground—discovering that balance is not something we achieve once, but something we practice daily. Life tilts. Surfaces shift. And still, we learn how to stand, how to adjust, how to keep going.
When I wrote Things We’ve Handed Down, it was shaped by memory, legacy, and love—by the awareness that words matter, and what we pass along can steady someone long after we are gone.
Those books were born from need. Not market demand. Not ambition.
Need.
And that need remains.
We keep living. We keep facing disappointment and joy, loss and hope. We keep waking up to days that ask something from us.
So we keep learning.
Books become companions on the journey. They remind us of what is true. They sit with us when we are tired. They whisper when the noise grows loud.
This thirteenth book comes from that same place.
It is not written because I had more to say. It is written because I had more to learn.
What it offers is something I have needed deeply—a way of living that brings inner peace, not dependent on circumstances. A steadying presence when the soul feels restless. A reminder that what we are searching for may not be as far away as we think.
That is why this next book is titled Contentment: What You’re Searching For Is Already Yours.
It is the message I needed. The reminder I still return to. And the hope I want to place in the hands of others.
Why another book?
Because we still need nourishment. We still need wisdom. We still need peace.
And sometimes, one more book arrives at exactly the right time.
I agree with this blog. I think we need something to remind us to be in Gods presence. To be patience and cautious. I feel this extra book could give us the answers we are looking for and needing to hear not what we want to hear. I think this book you are writing is going to help a lot of people through different situations.
I enjoyed this because it made me reflect on the things in life we overlook. At times it can show how we dont appreciate how much good things happen because we often only see the big picture. As we learn more each day it should also be how much more can I grow and be more grateful for. All words have meaning but if rearranged they can mean something totally different to all kinds of people. Always finding something new each time is a wonderful experience.
I agree. I really enjoyed the title of your next book, I think that it will help to give readers a new perspective. Our lives or walk with Christ shouldn’t just depend on our circumstances. I liked how you admitted that this book was not written because you had more to say, but because you had more to learn.
Amazing blog. I like how you said we need another breath, another meal, and another night of another sleep. That is so true, and relates to new books so well! I think that we are always changing, growing, and going through new seasons. Books can helps us grow in these moments, they help us learn new things, and remind us of things we already know but need to hear again. Book also help us hear different perspectives, or see things we might have missed previously. There is always new knowledge to know, and books allow us to gain more wisdom and knowledge. There can be five books about the same thing that all teach us something different. There are books for every season in our lives, and they can help us navigate through so much. I agree that is always good to keep reading, and to keep writing, so we can keep growing.
I think this blog makes us take another look at what we have and be more grateful for what we have in the moment. I mean, it’s true that we are constantly needing another breath, another meal, another night’s sleep, but it’s rare that we truly take the time to pause with Jesus, reflect on what we have, and find joy in the small things we’ve already been given and the small things we’ve already experienced.
I really enjoyed this blog for so many reasons. I really like how it conveys that we need God in our lives. God is a big part in our journeys and we need him to lead us in the right path. It makes me realize that we need to be thankful for all the many blessings in my life, even the things that seem like its nothing.
This blog post is a good reminder of looking at things from different perspectives. A reminder that even when we think we know, we don’t, and we can still learn a lot of things. Reading books can be like a breath of fresh air, it can be relaxing and calming in a world full of noise and chaos. Reading books can teach us new perspectives, strategies, and concepts that we can use to apply to our own lives. They can provide practical and real ways and examples to help guide us and lead us through life.
This blog reminded me of how we are constantly going through the journey of life. It never really slows down, there is always something going on or something to learn whether good or bad. We all have to learn how to best balance our lives, and I believe the way is through God. He helps us find peace and balance in our lives through Him.
I loved when pastor Chris wrote “Because no one says, I’ve breathed enough. No one says, I’ve slept enough. No one says, I’ve eaten enough for a lifetime.” This just made me think you can never get enough of God and you can also can also learn more whether it be from other people or reading.
This blog has resonated deeply with me because at the heart of our faith, there’s an understanding of that humans need constant reminding. We don’t outgrow our need for the truth, and we certainly don’t outgrow our need for grace. God doesn’t tell us something just once and assume that we’ll forget it about it in a blink of an eye, but there’s constant repetition in the Scripture that are constant reminders of what we need.
Jesus calls Himself the bread of life. He follows that with a reminder that we as followers cannot live on bread alone, but by every word that comes from the Lord. Just like how we need daily nourishment, our souls do too. Not once, not occasionally. But daily.
Contentment is one of the sound truths in the Christian life. The Apostle Paul wrote that he learned to be content in every single circumstance. Learned. it was a process to find that contentment. It wasn’t instant, but formed through trust, surrender and absolute dependence on God. We are lifelong learners of Christ. There is constant growth through our lives. And like you said, one more reminder of this comes at exactly the right time.
I really like this. We never say we have learned enough, so of course we still need books. I like that it feels like it was written from a real place and not just to put something out there. It reminds me that I am still figuring life out, and maybe contentment is not as far away as I make it seem.
I really liked this blog! It reminds us that we still have time and chances to learn, even when we think we already know enough. Sometimes we are ignorant to either think that we know enough, or to not realize the good things happening around us. We learn, grow, and change constantly without even realizing, and this blog reminds us that we can see things from different perspectives