Searching for Grace

Anxious? Burnt out? Weary? Why is it so hard for our souls to find rest? In Searching for Grace, Russ and his mentor, Scotty Smith, explore the contours of their lives and why embracing God’s grace unreservedly is so difficult for many of us. Their honest conversations offer priceless lessons for parched souls everywhere. Many of us feel anxious and unfulfilled by our everyday existence, yet deeply long for a purposeful, meaningful, and peace-filled life. That tension creates a background buzz of profound discontentment behind everything we do. There is a better way. Searching for Grace reveals the conversations between Russ and Scotty that transformed Russ’s life forever, helping him identify the mindsets that contributed to his restlessness. Straight from his little black journal, Russ shares the seven life-giving principles he learned from Scotty that unleashed him to a refreshingly new life, radically built on God’s grace.

1. Opening Credits
2. Dedication
3. Foreword by Steven Curtis Chapman
4. Authors' Note
5. The Porch Conversation: Running on Empty
6. The First Conversation: The Acceptance We Crave Is Free
7. The Second Conversation: Surrender, Not Control, Is the Path to Peace
8. The Third Conversation: Receiving, Not Achieving, Tames Our Fears and Anxieties
9. The Fourth Conversation: Suffering Is a Teacher
10. The Fifth Conversation: Vulnerability Is Essential for Healing and Connection
11. The Sixth Conversation: An Unhurried, Non-Anxious Spirit Is True Success
12. The Seventh Conversation: Normal Can Be Extraordinary
13. The Seventh Conversation: Normal Can Be Extraordinary
14. Closing Credits