Cover of The Way of the Guide: Following Jesus When the Map Is on Fire, by Nate Austin Evans

Coming February 9, 2027

The Way of the Guide

Following Jesus when the map is on fire

By Nate Austin Evans

The collapse of your certainty is not the end of your faith.

Most of us were handed a map. Then something happened the map did not account for.

A diagnosis. A church that closed ranks. A question you weren't allowed to ask out loud. However it starts, the collapse of a tidy faith is disorienting in a way that surprises almost everyone it happens to.

This book doesn't try to hand the map back. It's an honest account of what it's like when certainty burns down, and what it looks like to keep walking with Jesus anyway.

What's inside

The road in three parts

Part 1

Disorientation

The silence of God, the questions you were never allowed to ask, and the wounds of church hurt.

Part 2

Reorientation

Seeing Jesus clearly, recovering the gospel as the story of a King, and learning to read the Bible again.

Part 3

The Way

Simple, sustainable practices for keeping step with Jesus.

Includes a six-week guide for small groups.

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Nate Austin Evans

About the author

Nate Austin Evans

Nate Austin Evans is a writer and teacher exploring spiritual formation, honest discipleship, and the way of Jesus. He lives in Tyler, Texas, with his wife, Savana, and their two kids.

He co-hosts The Easy Approach, unscripted conversations about faith, doubt and culture.

Churches & groups

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Churches, retreats, student groups, and bulk orders for small groups. The book's six-week guide fits the weeks of Lent.

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