Why do some people thrive during challenges, and others don't?
The answer is grit: the strength at our core that fuels a scrappy response to threats, fear, confusion, and pain.
Two factors are central to growing a gritty core, but have remained under the radar: 1) A passion for something higher than yourself, and 2) Everyday life practices that help us nurture the strength we need to move through whatever life throws at us.
Spiritual Grit explores the foundation for these two factors, then offers an extensive menu of everyday life practices that Jesus modeled in his ministry, including:
- Ways to access the strength needed to live a resilient life, through a dependent relationship with Jesus
- Biblical stories of those who grew a "grit backbone" through their interactions with Jesus
- A menu of life habits that fertilize grit, plus a method for identifying habits that undermine it
- A way for readers to assess their own spiritual grit
Without Jesus, grit is just a gimmick. With Jesus, grit can infuse the world—and our lives—with hope.
Endorsements:
"God calls us to a risky and sacrificial faith. And yet even Christians give into fear-mongering and the pitfall of "playing it safe." Where in the Bible does it say, "Don't take risks for your faith?" Which of Jesus' disciples avoided danger in witnessing to the risen Christ? Spiritual Grit is an excellent exploration of the mettle necessary for following Jesus, who literally loved us to death and who invites us on an often-reckless adventure to change the world for him."
Richard Stearns
President of World Vision U.S.
