Review: Adventures in Saying Yes: A Journey from Fear to
Faith
Carl Medearis with Chris Medearis
Bethany House Publishers
2015
I must say that I agree with the back cover quote from Lynne
Hybels, “Reading Adventures in Saying Yes
is so much fun you don’t realize at first how profound it is.”
Each story told by
Medearis gives the reader a fresh perspective on not only the adventure he and
his family traveled, but also another way to move from fear to faith. Things incredible, things tragic and the full
range in between those poles are part of this book. The author’s style is so readable you feel
like he is across the table telling you all these adventures. If storying is an effective way to relate to
some people groups, then this guy has it down pat.
So yes, I do recommend this book. It accomplishes its goal in illustrating his
journey from fear to faith in a soft spoken, life lived way. It also is a great look at how the provision
promised in the Bible to those that follow God’s way of doing life works. That, of course, is part of learning what
faith really is. The postscript is the part
that the author hopes will stick with the reader. In his special style, he ends with just one
more short story about a conversation with a friend. Don’t
just read that though, Medearis arrives at his conclusion by living the
journey. Doesn’t seem work any other
way.
I received this book from the publisher in return for a
review.
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