What if the times of life that we most desperately seek to avoid---foreclosure, unemployment, parents in declining health, post-graduate uncertainty, business failure, relationship loss--- are actually the periods we most desperately need? It is in these times that God desires to do some of his deepest work in us.
Jeff Manion (jeffmanion.org) is the senior pastor of Ada Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he has served for over thirty years, and is the author of The Land Between and Satisfied. His great joy is digging deeply into Scripture and passionately teaching the story of the Bible in a clear and relevant way. Jeff enjoys running, cycling, and hiking. He and his wife, Chris, have three adult children.