Lost the Plot: Finding Our Story in a Confusing World

*Winner, Florida Writers Association's 2024 Royal Palm Literary Awards*

*Finalist, 2024 International Book Awards*

*Finalist, 2024 American Book Awards*

How do we make sense of life? What's our identity? Mixing memoir with theological and philosophical reflections, author David Wisener explores his struggle to understand God's love and acceptance in his heart and how to find his place in the world when life didn't go according to plan. Exploring the postmodern critique that we live our lives according to stories, Lost the Plot helps us realize how many of the stories we cling to aren't part of God's Story. Weaving deeply personal experiences of shattered dreams, bouts of depression, and disillusionment with the church, the book also explores concepts like perception, reality, and love, offering unique insight into the struggles and questions we face in understanding what life is about and what it means to be human.

David S. Wisener has started and stopped work on three graduate degrees, two ordination tracks, and burned out of two ministries. In other words, he can attest to something Master Yoda once said: "The greatest teacher, failure is." He once graduated with honors from college, won a statewide award for reporting from the Florida Press Association, and has the best daughter in the world, so he is also acquainted with success. He hopes that somewhere between all that you can relate to him. He has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida and is pursuing an MA in ministry from Asbury Theological Seminary. He is a pastor and church planter with the Free Methodist Church and is economic development manager for the city of Alachua, Florida. He lives in Alachua, Florida with his teenage daughter, Naomi.