The book
- TitleThe Way of the Guide: Following Jesus When the Map Is on Fire
- AuthorNate Austin Evans
- ReleaseFebruary 9, 2027 · Cairn House
- FormatsPaperback (ISBN 979-8-9825264-0-3), hardcover (979-8-9825264-2-7), ebook (979-8-9825264-1-0)
- IncludesA six-week guide for small groups
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.
Bios
Short
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.
Long
Nate Austin Evans is a writer and teacher exploring spiritual formation, honest discipleship, and the way of Jesus. He co-hosts The Easy Approach, a podcast of unscripted conversations about faith, doubt and culture. The Way of the Guide: Following Jesus When the Map Is on Fire is his first book. He lives in Tyler, Texas, with his wife, Savana, and their two kids.
Interview questions
- You were still preaching on Sundays while your own faith was coming apart. What was that like from the inside?
- What did the silence of God teach you that answers couldn't?
- Most people think faith after a collapse has two options: walk away or go back. What's the third?
- You say Jesus is a Guide, not a map. What changes when you stop trying to get the map right?
- How do you keep following Jesus when it was his people who hurt you?
- What's one practice that kept you on the trail when nothing else worked?
For interviews, email me. Review copies are available for hosts.