The Book
Crossings: Finding Your Destiny On the Other Side
Forty-one chapters in nine sections. Read a chapter, then come back and answer its question.
Section One
Crossings
- 01Everyone Has to CrossYou don't have to be ready. You just have to go.
- 02Crossings Are Built Into NatureCrossing is built into nature.
- 03Why Cross at AllIdentity. Obedience. Connection. Purpose. These aren't rewards that arrive after the crossing. They're what the crossing contains.
- 04The Anatomy of a CrossingWhat crossings have you made?
Section Two
Destiny
I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11
- 05Realms, Not DestinationsYou're not traveling to a destination. You're crossing into a realm.
- 06Knowing YourselfEvery crossing after this one starts from here.
- 07Your PeopleWe've all been spoiled for community.
- 08Your NeighborhoodPurpose is almost never found in stillness. You find it by going.
- 09God's FamilySons and daughters seeking sons and daughters.
Section Three
Stage 1: Promise
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1
- 10Seeing What Could BeYou don't need the full plan. You need the yes.
- 11When to Plan and When to LeapWhat does God want? That question reframes everything.
- 12People With a PromiseLiving inside a promise doesn't mean you reach the destination.
- 13Creating the FutureThe crossing that creates the future often begins in the bleak place.
Section Four
Stage 2: Problem
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Psalm 23:4
- 14The Pull of ComfortThe half-made crossing is the most dangerous place to stop.
- 15Crisis of FaithWe fear not an enemy when we know it by name.
- 16The Mental BattleYou don't think your way out of the mental battle. You decide your way out.
- 17No One Has Gone Before YouThe person with no model doesn't lack courage. They lack evidence. Go anyway.
- 18The People ProblemStart crossing. The team will form around the movement.
Section Five
Stage 3: Probe
Test everything. Hold on to what is good.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
- 19Forays: How Practice Makes the CrossingThe foray is the preparation that makes the full crossing survivable.
- 20External and Internal CrossingsThe external crossing is the occasion. The internal one is the point.
- 215 Kinds of CrossingsName the kind of crossing you're in. It changes how you prepare for it.
- 22A New RealmSome places have been holding space for you. Go find them.
- 23MentorsThe crossing creates the conditions for the mentoring relationship.
Section Six
Stage 4: Progress
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Galatians 6:9
- 24Noticing You Have GrownEach crossing, even the ones that felt like failures, deposited something.
- 25The Map UpdatesThe map is always incomplete. The crossing completes it.
- 26Failure Is NecessaryThe question isn't whether you'll fail. It's whether you treat the failure as a verdict or as material.
- 27No ShortcutsRespect the process.
- 28Be a Lifelong LearnerCertainty blocks the signal.
Section Seven
Stage 5: Prowess
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
Joshua 1:9
- 29Character Needs TimeVision without character is just ambition with good intentions.
- 30Seeing the Battle at a New LevelYou can only take others where you've been.
- 31Be Strong and CourageousYou can't develop courage at a distance from the things that require it.
- 32Practice CrossingThe currents of comfort will sweep you away if you stop swimming.
Section Eight
Barriers to Crossing
Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.
Hebrews 12:1
- 33Chasing the Realm Instead of the CrossingBefore you cross outward, the realm you're standing in has to hold.
- 34Getting Stuck (And What It Costs You)Being stuck isn't dramatic. It's the slow shrinking of the world to a manageable size.
- 35Running in PlaceThe healthy itch is responsive. The treadmill is compulsive.
- 36StrongholdsManaging suffering and crossing out of it are different projects.
- 37Lean ForwardForgiveness is not a feeling. It is a crossing.
Section Nine
Living at a New Level
I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.
Philippians 4:11
- 38Standing on the Other ShoreEarned authority is capacity for others, not power over them.
- 39Fighting for OthersThe crossing creates the guide. The guide makes the next crossing possible.
- 40A Father Searching For His FamilyThe crossing that one person makes becomes the permission structure for the next person's crossing.
- 41The Last CrossingWhat is the crossing you've been avoiding?