Fallow Forward

What if burnout isn’t a personal failing—but a predictable result of a broken system?

In Fallow Forward, Marcus—a longtime ministry insider—exposes the pressure-cooker culture of contemporary evangelical churches, where performance is mistaken for faithfulness, and exhaustion is baptized as virtue. With wit, grit, and unflinching honesty, he pulls back the curtain on the ministry-industrial complex that rewards production and punishes humanity.

This is not a guide to church growth. It’s a call to spiritual sanity. Part confession, part confrontation, Fallow Forward challenges pastors, staff, and volunteers to name what’s broken, reclaim what’s sacred, and rediscover rest—not as weakness, but as rebellion. Raw, redemptive, and relentlessly honest, this book isn’t for those who want to play church. It’s for those ready to tell the truth, take a breath, and move toward something deeper.