Shannon Guerra at Copperlight Wood
living deep + wide
now available
a story
of learning to walk on water
…after getting in over your head
raw.
wrenching.
and hilarious.
A message of camaraderie and hope for those who have stepped into a big mission and found that it cost more than they expected.
early
reviews
“Risk the Ocean is deeply personal, theologically rich, and full of encouragement and hope for anyone who has followed God into a storm of epic proportions.”
Natasha Metzler,
author of Pain Redeemed
“Few mothers craft their lives with ink and grace; even fewer serve the Great Commission while mothering. In Risk the Ocean, Shannon shares her raw testimony…Integrity beams up and out of it on every page.”
Katie James,
author of Tetragon Lift
“Refreshingly raw transparency rarely found in today’s Christian publications.”
Maggie Montgomery, author of Gethsemane Road
We never know how far our callings will take us when we start pursuing them. Our initial rose-colored ideas only get us ankle deep along the shore before reality sinks in, and we’re faced with opposition from out of nowhere, obstacles we don’t know how to solve, and expenses that threaten to suck us under.
At some point, we have to decide if it’s really worth the sacrifice to turn our vision into reality. And if it’s a daydream, maybe it’s not worth it. But if it’s a mission the Lord has called you to, then it’s a different story.
This, friends, is a different story: One about family, grit, and the cost of saying yes.
It turns out that achieving a dream is not about walking into the sunset with romantic fanfare playing, because redemption and accomplishment rarely look like the end of a sugar-coated, feel-good movie.
It’s more about God moving in deep and lasting triumph in spite of everything the enemy throws at us.
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