Most of us aren’t watering the wrong things on purpose. We’re watering what’s in front of us: the job, the image, the grudge, the phone. Then we wonder why the thing we actually wanted never grew.

The book has three parts. The Weeds is about what we’ve been feeding without noticing. The Thirst is about the hunger underneath all that trying. The Roots is about staying near God instead of performing for Him.

I wrote it as a layman, for people with real jobs and real families. The stories come from a car dealership, a fire hall, and my backyard. It ends with a 30-day challenge and a small-group guide so you can do something with it.