Wild Goose Chase

I got the book to review last Wednesday and I'm not done reading but let me tell you up to this point it's one heck of a book. I promise to give a full review when I am finished but I suggest you go ahead and pick up your copy (or copies for a small group study) over at Amazon.

You can also go over to www.chasethegoose.com and download Mark’s 10 Steps to Setting Life Goals – be sure to check it out yourself! It’s great material for personal OR group study.

Most of us have no idea where we’re going most of the time. Perfect.

“Celtic Christians had a name for the Holy Spirit–An Geadh-Glas, or ‘the Wild Goose.’ The name hints at mystery. Much like a wild goose, the Spirit of God cannot be tracked or tamed. An element of danger, an air of unpredictability surround Him. And while the name may sound a little sacrilegious, I cannot think of a better description of what it’s like to follow the Spirit through life. I think the Celtic Christians were on to something….

Most of us will have no idea where we are going most of the time. And I know that is unsettling. But circumstantial uncertainty also goes by another name: Adventure.” --from the introduction.

Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of Washington, DC’s National Community Church, widely recognized as one of America’s most innovative churches. NCC meets in movie theaters at metro stops throughout the city, as well as in a church-owned coffee house near Union Station. More than seventy percent of NCC’ers are single twentysomethings who live or work on Capitol Hill. Mark is the author of the best-selling In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day and a widely read blogger (http://www.markbatterson.com/). He lives on Capitol Hill with his wife, Lora, and their three children.

the goose arrived....

My copy(ies) of Mark Batterson's Wild Goose Chase has arrived in time to be my reading material during the plan trip to Dallas tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to diving into the book.

So I have had a few of you that would like to get your eyeballs on the book but don't have a blog to participate in my little contest we have for a free copy, so I am changing the rules!

IF, you are interested in being the one that receives the free copy of Wild Goose Chase ALL YOU have to do is email me at bill@billswaringim.com

That's it. Email me and I will choose a name at random and send (I will pay shipping) the book to the winner on Tuesday, August 19th.

chasing the goose.....

I just received word that I will get to review Mark Batterson’s new book Wild Goose Chase. I will post the review on www.billswaringim.com as soon as I can which will hopefully be before the release date of August 19th. I am jazzed that I get a sneak peak at Mark’s latest book. All the pre-release materials have fed my curiosity. I loved his book In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day.

Mark’s publisher is also letting me give away a free copy of Wild Goose Chase to a lucky www.billswaringim.com blog reader…but you’re all lucky if you are reading my blog…right? So, if you want to be the one to be chosen to receive your FREE (I will even pay shipping) copy of Mark Batterson’s latest release Wild Goose Chase here’s all you do =

1)post the line below on your blog and link back to www.billswaringim.com.

then...

2) post your blog address and name in the comment section below this post so we can through your name in a hat and pick one!

Check out Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson and the book review at www.billswaringim.com

Good Luck!