No one wants to talk about failure, but we all miss the mark from time to time. Even our biblical heroes like Noah, Abraham, and Moses did things they shouldn’t have done. But when we mess up or our circumstances seem dire, God steps in to make things right. That’s the beauty of an unfailing God, One who is with us every step of the way.

• The Bible is full of struggle, failure, and denying God—Noah’s drunkenness, Moses’s temper, David’s sins of lust and murder. But God...

• Ever since the garden of Eden, listening to the right voices has been critical when it comes to turning our troubles into future blessings.

• While failure may feel like losing, un-failing is finding the courage to hand over our dreams, goals, and plans to God and following through.

In Un-failing: Stumbling Our Way into God’s Unlimited Goodness, authors Shane Stanford and Anthony Thaxton explain how viewing failure as an opportunity for spiritual growth can help us through experiences and seasons when we seem to have lost our way.
From God’s perspective, knowing that free will means we won’t always do things His way, failure provides an opportunity for us to turn to Him. No matter what we do, His love is unfailing, and He makes all things work together for our good

JourneyWise: Redeeming the Broken & Winding Roads We Travel, author Shane Stanford invites readers to embark on a transformative journey through the teachings of Jesus, focusing on the Beatitudes. Stanford emphasizes that the Beatitudes are more than poetic verses; they encapsulate the essence of Jesus message, offering a roadmap to a life filled with depth and peace. By exploring each Beatitude, the book provides insights into developing a significant and spiritually formed life, addressing themes such as mourning, humility, righteousness, mercy, purity, peacemaking, and perseverance amid persecution. Through personal anecdotes and compassionate storytelling, Stanford illustrates how embracing these blessings can lead to healing and a deeper relationship with God, guiding readers to find meaning in every step of their life and journey.

Examine how the God of the universe uses the broken pieces of our lives to reframe our purpose, turning our discarded hopes and dreams into something beautiful and useful—a mosaic in which God uses all of the pieces. The author says, "This journey will take us along the same path Jesus walked in the days surrounding his journey to Jerusalem. We will see the similarities to our own stories as well as the lessons we should pick, like pebbles along the path." This seven-session study, appropriate for both group and individual use, provides one lesson for each week in Lent. Each lesson includes a key Scripture reference, a brief reading, questions for reflection or discussion, a brief prayer, and guided helps for daily Scripture reading and additional reflection in the coming week.

What happens when the storm does not pass? When the pain does not stop? When the same mistakes break the same hearts again and again? Find hope, challenge, and inspiration through Jesus's passion to restore the un-restorable through six encounters with individuals in scripture who believed they were too far-gone. As a hemophiliac who lives with HIV and hepatitis-C, Stanford deeply and personally connects his own story with these appointments with Jesus