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Ryan George

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in Springville, NY, The United States

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Ryan George co-leads spiritual adventure community. During business hours, he works as a virtual marketing assistant; and his work has won more than 250 state & national awards for projects spanning 49 states and seven countries.

Ryan enjoys conversations about the connection between faith and adventure. His goal is to help you embrace a life of spiritual awareness and discovery. Whether on stage or on social media, he hopes to inspire you to follow Jesus outside your comfort zones. In his books and blog posts, Ryan invites readers to explore a rich faith experience available in the midst of doubt, fear, and pressure.

Ryan has traveled to all seven continents and both polar circles across 30+ countries, searching for spiritual discoveries. He ...more

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Whimsy As An Act of Resistance

Every June, our local library celebrates the summer solstice with crafts, games, and yummy treats. But my favorite part of the event is the release of the lanterns on the pond. There’s something magical about these flickering lights slow-dancing between the reedy banks. The event staff asks us to make a wish before we place our LED candle onto the inky surface, and I love the visual of dreams pier

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Ryan George’s books

Average rating: 4.34 · 70 ratings · 17 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hurt and Healed by the Church: Redemption and Reconstruction After Spiritual Abuse 4.35 avg rating — 60 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scared to Life: Tales of a Good God Who Reveals His Heart When Ours Is Racing 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Word On The Street 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ryan George wrote a new blog post The Gift Hidden In Losing My Livelihood Due to a client’s Facebook page getting hacked and used for cybersecurity fraud, I spent May 19 through June 18 on what Facebook ambiguously called a Read more of this blog post »
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Ryan George rated a book really liked it Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life by Tara Lohan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Tara Lohan’s book meanders like a river through the shadows of destructive realities and the sunlight of hope. She well illustrates the tension between extracting everything possible and pursuing cultural contentment. She causes the reader (or listen ...more
Jun 21, 2026 12:02PM · like · see review
Ryan George rated a book it was amazing The Christian Past That Wasn't: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths That Hijack History by Warren Throckmorton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
In this incredible work, Warren Throckmorton systematically disproves the narratives that nationalist voices leverage in their propaganda. He pulls from the journals, letters, speech transcripts, minutes of meetings, and official documents of America ...more
Jun 21, 2026 12:00PM · 1 like · like · see review
Ryan George rated a book it was amazing I Would Walk Five Hundred Miles: A Memoir of Learning You Have Always Been Enough by Sean Dietrich	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I listened to Sean & Jamie Dietrich’s book about their journey on the 500-mile Camino de Santiago as I finished my first 500 miles hiked in 2026. I don’t know if I’ve ever absorbed a book both so emotionally vulnerable and so winsomely spiritual. I’v ...more
Jun 21, 2026 11:57AM · 2 likes · like · see review
Ryan George rated a book really liked it The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Generation of Evangelical Families (Breaking the Cycle of Religious Trauma and Corporal Punishment) by Marissa Franks Burt (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Marissa Franks Burt and Kelsey Kramer McGinnis described dynamics of my childhood home and the subculture that shaped it. The anecdotes of their survey participants give poignant credence to their assertions. Their quotes from evangelical pastors, in ...more
Jun 21, 2026 11:57AM · 1 like · like · see review
Ryan George rated a book really liked it The Myth of Good Christian Parenting: How False Promises Betrayed a Generation of Evangelical Families (Breaking the Cycle of Religious Trauma and Corporal Punishment) by Marissa Franks Burt (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Marissa Franks Burt and Kelsey Kramer McGinnis described dynamics of my childhood home and the subculture that shaped it. The anecdotes of their survey participants give poignant credence to their assertions. Their quotes from evangelical pastors, in ...more
Jun 21, 2026 11:56AM · 1 like · like · see review
Ryan George rated a book it was amazing The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us (Why Culture Wars Led to Polarization and What It Means for the Future of Religion in America) by Ryan P. Burge (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Per usual, Ryan Burge confronts assumptions with decades of parsed data. I was surprised by multiple historic realities and current trend lines related to the American church. Burge critiques the political siloing that has become entrenched in congre ...more
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Ryan George rated a book really liked it The Gospel of Being Human: How Asking Better Questions of the Bible Reveals Who We Are by Marty Solomon (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I’m not sure this book revealed who I am (as promised on the cover), but Marty Solomon and Reed Dent recommended good questions I’d never thought to ask about common Sunday school passages of the Bible. I appreciated them presenting the implications ...more
Apr 23, 2026 05:10AM · like · see review
Ryan George rated a book really liked it From Genesis to Junia: An Honest Search for What the Bible Really Says About Women in Leadership by Preston Sprinkle	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I applaud Preston Sprinkle for what really feels like a pragmatic investigation rather than a project to support an agenda. I appreciated that he noted when different passages and interpretations favored one side or another in the debate between comp ...more
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Ryan George rated a book it was amazing Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This sounds weird, but fate brought this book to me. I finished Phil Knight’s memoir the week my business’ checking account dropped below $200 (while accounts receivables were north of $100,000). Listening was so stressful! The tension rose and fell ...more
Apr 23, 2026 05:06AM · like · see review

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“Every system is perfectly designed to get the result that it does.”
― W. Edwards Deming

tags: process-analysis

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“In God we trust; all others bring data.”
― W. Edwards Deming

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“Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.”
― G K Chesterton

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“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
― Anne Lamott

tags: christianity, fundamentalism, god, humor, idolatry, misattributed-to-anne-lamott, spirituality, truth

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“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”
― Seneca

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