Ascend: Inspiration for the Adventure of Life

by Matthew Messner

Life is an adventure, and every experience teaches us. This book is a compilation of true adventure stories, each with a life-lesson. The settings include mountain climbing, marathon running, cave exploration, travel, surfing, and competition. There are stories of disappointments and successes. Each has a powerful life-lesson that will resonate with the reader’s journey.

“This book is the closest thing in form to a kind of modern expression of parables I’ve ever read. Clear, compelling, mysterious, and evocative all at once. Beautiful. Read this!”

—A.J. Swoboda (PhD, Birmingham) is assistant professor of Bible, theology, and World Christianity at Bushnell University and the author of After Doubt.

193 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 31, 2021

Reviews

[Bonnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I throughly enjoyed this book. It was entertaining and encouraging. Through Matt’s many experiences he showed that the journey can be as important has the end result. Life may throw many unexpected adventures into our path, but we can learn important lessons from both our successes and our failures.
I highly recommend this book.

[Eric Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Matt writes with clarity, beauty, grit, and wisdom. He shares personal stories of travel and adventure, while offering life lessons in each chapter. From defeat and humiliations to confidence and triumphs, Matt shares ways to keep moving upward, no matter what life throws your way!

[Rebekah Kencke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book with true life stories, scripture tie-ins and discussion questions! The stories were fun and entertaining to read and the questions thought provoking. *This might especially appeal to those who connect and feel closer to God in the beauty of the outdoors than inside the walls of a church.