The Joy Project: A True Story of Inescapable Happiness - Softcover

Reinke, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991277651 ISBN 13: 9780991277650

Publisher: Desiring God, 2015

Synopsis

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We think of our chase for joy as a fundamental right — and it’s no surprise. By nature we are pleasure-seekers, though chronically unsuccessful at finding the type of joy that will endure for more than a passing moment. But what if long-lasting joy isn’t found at all? What if the deepest and most durable happiness breaks into our lives, overcomes our boredom, and ultimately finds us? What if true joy is out of our reach, but reaches for us? (Download this book in three digital formats, free of charge, at desiringGod.org.) “At the end of a restless day we look to the self-help gurus, but they can only give us magnifying glasses to gaze more deeply into our own navels. Lift your sights through The Joy Project, and rejoice to read that joy is actually coming for you.” –Gloria Furman, author, Glimpses of Grace and Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full “Our eyes of flesh seek joy in the wrong places, define it with a bankrupt vocabulary, and settle for it using mistaken formulas. Because we don’t know what to do but try harder and hide our shame, we get stuck and sick, depressed and despondent. This dehumanizes us, discourages us, and defeats us. But there is hope! The Joy Project is applied reformed theology at its best.” –Rosaria Butterfield, author, Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert

About this title

About the Author

Tony Reinke is a staff writer for desiringGod.org, host of the popular Ask Pastor John podcast, and author of two other books: Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books (2011) and Newton on the Christian Life: To Live Is Christ (2015). He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and three children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Desiring God
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0991277651
• ISBN 13: 9780991277650
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 148