A Trip around the Sun Coauthors Mark Batterson and Richard (Dick) Foth wrote A Trip around the Sun: Turning Your Everyday Life into the Adventure of a Lifetime (BakerBooks) in 2015. When God placed us on earth, He created us for more than a safe ride. Therefore, we need to live with holy anticipation of […]
Please Sorry Thanks Mark Batterson titles his latest book Please Sorry Thanks: The Three Words That Change Everything (Multnomah, 2023). Mark ministers as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D. C. One church with multiple locations. Pastor Batterson stresses that your words serve as both diagnosis and a prognosis. Therefore, to change your […]
“Original blessing precedes original sin, and that sequence is not insignificant. It sets the tone. It sets the table. God’s default setting is blessing! Blessing is His mort ancient instinct. It’s who God is. It’s what God does.”- Mark Batterson “So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he […]
“E’en so Lord Jesus, quickly come / And night shall be no more. / They need no light nor lamp nor sun / For Christ will be their All,”- Paul Manz “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow nor reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds […]
“I hear your voice carried/ in the rhythm of the wind/ to call me out. / You would cross an ocean/ so I wouldn’t drown. / You’ve never been closer than You are right now.”- Jireh, Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music “When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along […]
Do It for a Day: How to Make or Break . . . (Multnomah, 2021) Win the Day served as a prequel to Mark Batterson’s latest book, Do It for a Day: How to Make or Break Any Habit in 30 Days. Pastor Batterson continues to shepherd National Community Church (Washington, DC) as lead pastor. […]
“There is another in the fire,/ standing next to me./ There is another in the waters,/ holding back the sea./ And should I ever need reminding/ what power set me free,/ there is a grave that holds no body,/ and now that power lives in me.”- Chris Davenport and Joel Houston, Another in the Fire […]
Win the Day: 7 Daily Habits . . . (Multnomah, 2020) Win the Day: 7 Daily Habit to Help You Stress Less & Accomplish More is Mark Batterson’s latest book. Mark continues to serve as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. In the Introduction, Pastor Batterson underscores that everything in your past […]
“Desirable difficulty. Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? What’s desirable about difficulty? At first glance, nothing! Upon further review, everything.”- Mark Batterson “In fact, [the other ants] left in such a hurry that none of them noticed the two ants who stayed behind. ‘Why go back?’ one asked the other. ‘The place may not feel […]
“Habit stacking is . . . coupling a habit that comes easy . . . with a habit that requires a little more discipline. . . . Habit stacking is designing daily rituals by leveraging everyday activities.”- Mark Batterson Now when Jesus came to the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, . . […]
Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure . . . (Multnomah Books, 2008) Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church in our nation’s capital, wrote Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God in 2008. Mark considers his first book, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day a prequel to this […]
“God is bigger than big, but that’s a little intimidating if left by its lonesome. The good news? There is a theological counterbalance to that bigness. It’s called the immanence of God. God is closer than close.”- Mark Batterson, Whisper This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and […]