Waking The Dead Could Rock Your World

There are books that are fun to read.  Some books have amazing, intricate plots.  Some books leave you feeling good about life.

John Eldredge’s Waking the Dead rocked my world.

This book has been sitting on my bookshelf for at least five years.  Having thoroughly enjoyed Wild At Heart, I jumped into Waking the Dead about five years ago expecting the same gung-ho he-man testosterone-laden spiritual slugfest that Wild at Heart had brought on a year prior.  At the time, that’s what I wanted… and Waking the Dead failed to deliver… then.

That was then, this is now.

The last several months have been very graying.  Not in hair-color, but in vibrancy of life and passion for ministry.  I’d really  been questioning and doubting my effectiveness in my roles in our church and in our town.  My life… in fact my very existence… had grayed into anything but the purposeful adventure that I knew it should be.

The spark began to light again as I studied Second Timothy, not because I wanted to, but because I had to for my pastor job.  The themes of purpose, rescue, battle, soldiers, and focus began to stir something inside me.  That’s where God had lead my heart to when I picked up that dusty copy of Waking the Dead.  God used His Word to prime my heart for what He wanted to say to me through Waking the Dead.

I’m not going to give details or write an in-depth review, but I will say that book has caused me think about life, ministry, and the basics of why God did what he did for me in a way that no other book has.  This book is not gender-specific like Wild at Heart was… the Scriptural truths Eldredge presents speak to all of us.  As a result, I’ve seriously questioned some of the “fundamentals” I’ve been taught and that I’ve preached to my congregation… in a very good way.

You may be ready for it, you may not.  If you are, Waking the Dead could rock your world in an epic way.

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