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About the Book
Book: Where You Are & How to Get There
Author: Nolan Ryan Recker
Genre: Lifestyle
Release date: August 4, 2022
Have you ever had the thought or asked yourself the question, “How did I get here?”
You know, the kind of question examining the indirect decisions and circumstances that led you to the point life that you even need to ask such a question.
One of the oldest questions ever recorded in human history speaks to this very question we ask ourselves in moments of doubt. What if that ancient question was a question we ought to ask ourselves on a regular basis?
Journey with me as we wrestle with a question that if meant for us, today, would change everything about we view the life we choose to live.
This book was a little confusing until I noticed that it was separated into different points of view: an ancient perspective, unoriginal practical insight, where you are and how to get here, an invitation, and every ending has a new beginning. Once I understood this, the book flowed easier for me. One of the first steps in overcoming being stuck is understanding your identity as a child of God and that we are beloved for just being us (not anything we’ve done). There is freedom and rest when you realize the gift we’ve been given in Christ, and we can rest in understanding we are beloved children of the King and God is with us and in us. I recently read James 1:18, “By his soverign plan He gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of first fruits of all He created.” I loved how this book confirmed this revelation for me, and with divine revelation and wisdom from the Father and proper heart posture comes a “walk by faith, not by sight” type of relationship with a purpose! This book would be a good stepping stone for anyone feeling stuck and needing a revelation on why they are here and the purpose of it all.
Thank you to the author, publisher, and Celebrate Lit for allowing me to read a copy of this book; all thoughts are my own.
About the Author
Nolan’s toughest and rewarding opportunities are being a husband and a father. As a husband and a father, Nolan wants his family members to discover and live a flourishing life. Nolan’s life experience has covered the spectrum from being a camp counselor to a school teacher to a custodian to a Lead Pastor of a church. This, is why he writes. If he wrestles with the ideas he writes about, maybe others wrestle with the same things, and if they do, would they benefit from a different perspective? He’s honored to listen to anyone who graces him with their time to tell their story; especially if it involves coffee or pizza.
More from Nolan
Hi there! The name’s Nolan & I love this book.
Seriously, it was a labor of love.
Sometimes writing for the sake of the enjoyment and scrutiny of others can lead to some pretty sad writing days. One of my favorite writers recently said something along these lines, “Sometimes, writing is opening up a blank word processor, staring at it for eight hours, closing the processor, and not writing a thing. It still counts!”
For me, I used to seek perfection in much of what I attempted to do. I wouldn’t try something if the odds weren’t favorable. It wasn’t until I learned that life is a lot like staring at a blank word processor. Even though I didn’t accomplish anything on a specific day or season of life, the fact that I showed up is what counts.
Learning to live life in this way. Discovering rhythms of creating, rest, consuming, pain, work, play, purpose, and my people; helped me to rediscover a life-story worth living.
A life-story worth writing.
I am so many things and wear so many different “hats,” but first and foremost, I am a loved human being, created in the Image of a loving and creative God.
I enjoy being a husband and a father.
I love the passion of writing.
When something comes together, there is no greater treasure than to put something into the world that brightens someone else’s experience of this life.
Wearing the “hats” of Pastor, Teacher, Coach, Friend, Advocate, etc. time and I again I would have conversations with people regarding the very things you will read in “Where You Are & How To Get There.”
We are all on this life journey together, and I am glad to journey on with all of you.
Congratulations on your release of Where You Are & How To Get There, Nolan, I enjoyed following the tour and learning about your book, which sounds like a great read! Good luck with your book and I hope the tour was a success! Thanks for sharing it with me!
Thanks, Cats in the Cradle Blog, for sharing your thoughts!
This would be a good book for me to read
Looks like an interesting book.
Thanks for the contest.
This sounds like an incredible read.
Interesting title. It sounds like an inspiring book.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on Where You Are & How to Get There, this sounds like a motivational read and I am looking forward to it
Elizabeth, Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Congratulations on your release of Where You Are & How To Get There, Nolan, I enjoyed following the tour and learning about your book, which sounds like a great read! Good luck with your book and I hope the tour was a success! Thanks for sharing it with me!
Thanks, Cats in the Cradle Blog, for sharing your thoughts!
Have an awesome weekend!