Rhythms for Life

What kind of person are you growing into, and what route will take you there? Sterne argues that growth in faith does not follow a single template, because every believer carries a unique mix of identity, abilities, convictions, responsibilities and purpose. It follows, he suggests, that each person needs spiritual habits suited to the calling God has given them.

The book is a practical guide to shaping a more deliberate life that moves toward Christlikeness in a way true to who you are. It begins by helping readers recognize how God made them, in all their particularity. From there, it introduces spiritual practices that grow out of that sense of self, organized into four rhythms: turning upward toward God, inward toward the self, withward toward community, and outward toward mission.

At the center of the argument is the idea that vocation is one's identity expressed in daily life before God, joining who a person is with what they do. Written to help readers live more in line with who they are meant to be, the book offers rhythms that unfold at a gentle, grace-paced tempo and connect each reader's distinct identity to their calling in Christ.