To Be Concluded

“To be continued…”

The words build anticipation for what's coming...which is great for a Netflix binge, but not a healthy pattern for our lives. In real life, constant continuation causes our lives to pile up, episode upon episode, with no space for reflection or rest, contentment or closure. This book is for the too-busy, driven person who's moving on to the next win, without ever processing how one season of life affects the next. It's for the person stuck and held back because she's never done the hard work of getting real closure on a season. When we fail to finish well, we live with a pile of unfinished beginnings. But finished things become usable things because they are a part of the story of God’s grace and faithfulness.

In these minutes, you’ll discover:

How beginnings are important because they give birth to hope How we can hold on to hope when the journey is hard and the future is uncertain How to conclude moments, days, and seasons and find God's grace to be enough How hope sustains us as we learn to live in this moment and discover the beauty of redemption The pressure of our piled-up past needs to be brought to an end. Instead of vague storylines that stretch “to be continued", learn to start with the end in mind: To Be Concluded.

1. Opening Credits
2. Dedication
3. Introduction: The Netflix Lifestyle | To Be Continued
4. Part 1: Let's Go! | Hope Comes in the Beginning
5. Chapter 1: The Hope of Beginnings
6. Chapter 2: Getting Going | Getting Started Is Different from Getting Going
7. Chapter 3: Holding Hope | Conclusions Allow You to Live in the Now
8. Chapter 4: Pressure to Continue | Winning Streaks Are Not Finish Lines
9. Part 2: Endurance Begins
10. Chapter 5: Every Moment Matters | Making the Process a Priority
11. Chapter 6: Hope When Its Hard | When You Can’t See What’s Next
12. Chapter 7: Finding Prospective | The Courage to Seek God’s Way
13. Chapter 8: The Past Finds Purpose| When What’s Finished Becomes Useful
14. Part 3: Endurance Becomes Hope
15. Chapter 9: Scars and Stories | Finding God’s Faithfulness
16. Chapter 10: The Power of Disruption | Turning Declarations into Questions
17. Chapter 11: Questions and Excuses | Giving Up, Giving In, or Giving Over
18. Chapter 12: Living Reordered | Staying Faithful in the Process
19. Part Four: Hope Finds Its Footing
20. Chapter 13: Take a Breath | Experiencing Freedom from a Piled-Up Past
21. Chapter 14: The Ultimate Conclusion | The Freedom of Finally Finishing
22. Chapter 15: Captive Patterns | Creating Rhythms of Surrender
23. Epilogue: Mr. Austin
24. Closing Credits