The Book
Crossings: Finding Your Destiny On the Other Side
Forty-two 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.
- 02Why Crossings HurtThe question isn't whether you'll pay a price. It's which price you pay.
- 03Why Cross at AllJoy, purpose, and beauty 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 Family
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
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 Problem
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.
- 23Mentors
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.
- 28The Apprentice Posture
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
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 Crossing
- 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.
- 36StrongholdsExpect the argument. Make the crossing anyway.
- 37Lean Forward
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.
- 40True ReligionSons and daughters seeking sons and daughters.
- 41The Mission is a Family SearchThe crossing that one person makes becomes the permission structure for the next person's crossing.
- 42The Last CrossingLive in such a way that your last crossing is your most practiced one.