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A Trip Around the Sun: Turning Your Everyday Life Into the Adventure of a Lifetime

What happens when we take Jesus at his word when he says, "I have come that you might have life and have it to the full?" New York Timesbestselling author Mark Batterson and his mentor Richard Foth have done just that with their lives—and in A Trip around the Sun, they show readers how they too can experience their life and faith as the ultimate adventure.

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In a fun, storytelling style, Mark and Dick challenge readers to shake off fear, dream big, and quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. The accumulated wisdom from their combined 117 trips around the sun radiates from every heartfelt page, invigorating those of us who have found ourselves stuck in a rut dug by our sense of duty and our fear of the unknown. Anyone who wants to grab life and squeeze every ounce of joy out of it will be inspired by this unapologetic celebration of the life Jesus died to give us.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 208 pages

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