John Kingston - American Awakening

I want to read books by people who have lived compelling and nontraditional life stories. John and this book are paramount in this regard. The book is compelling and completely captivating not only because of Johns life and stories but because the truths found therein are beyond powerful. This book has a surgeons precision in diagnosing the problem but a surgeons skill in the solutionit leaves you feeling healed and better than when you started it. Not many books do I buy a boxful to hand out, but this is one of them.

JEFFERSON BETHKE, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus > Religion

In American Awakening, John Kingston surveys an American landscape shot through with pessimism and partisanship, then offers hope. He charts a path to national renewal that doesnt depend on the outcome of the next election but rather on the remembering of ancient truths. His optimism about what this nation truly is andjust as importantlycan be bleeds through every page. American Awakening is a tonic for a troubled heart.

DAVID FRENCH, senior editor at the Dispatch, columnist for Time

A time of dreadful divisiveness requires the antidote of radical togethernessa concept more rare and inspiring in practice than in theory. John Kingston takes us on his journey from wide-eyed student of Lincoln, King, and Mandela to faith-tested practitioner in the messy arena of civic life. Listen to his words because hes done the hard work of orienting his life and leading around these challenging ideas.

JOSH KWAN, president of The Gathering

American Awakening rings so powerfully true and is a must-read for all. The soul of America is more threatened now than at any time in modern history. This book not only offers a clarion call at the perfect pitch for a nation in trouble but also lays out a clear road map. The book reminds us that Americas beginning and ending rest with we the people. If we are to emerge from this challenging era as a better America, it will require each of us to become a better me and a better we!

REV. HURMON HAMILTON, senior and founding pastor
of New Beginnings Community Church

In a season where the forces of death, darkness, and division pillage the social fabric of our nation, John Kingston calls us to awaken to the life that is truly life. The timing for an American Awakening couldnt be better to give us vision to restore and rebuild.

GABE LYONS, president of Q Media, coauthor of Good Faith

Storytelling is one of the greatest gifts we can offer one another, and John masterfully tells the story of awakening and becoming, getting his hands dirty and doing good in a world that is so troubled. May we all learn to tell the truest truths so that we can build the kind of world we long to inhabit.

ROBYN HENDERSON-ESPINOZA, author of Activist Theology

John Kingston is a voice crying out in the wilderness. While so many Americans are afflicted by rampant depression, anxiety, and loneliness, American Awakening is Kingstons bold declaration of purpose, hope, and life. This is the book America most needs to read in 2020.

JEREMY COWART, photographer, founder of The Purpose Hotel

If youre tired of endless division, broken politics, and a society that seems to value all the wrong things, this is the book for you. By the time you finish the prologue, youll already be more hopeful, but keep reading. John understands the fundamental brokenness that plagues our countryand hears the persistent heartbeat of a people yearning for something better.

ANDREW HANAUER, president and CEO of the One America Movement

John Kingston has issued a call to action, combining insights from an earnestly examined life with analysis from philosophical traditions and psychological research. He entertains, engages, informs, and inspires.

WALTER KIM, president of the National Association of Evangelicals

In an age when principles and virtues are shrouded by assumptions and distractions, John Kingston rises above the fray and offers a vision for awakening that honors the good of our past while offering hope to the weary in the present. Ive listened, watched, and admired long enough to say with confidence that this man has a fervent pulse on the heartbeat of Americahe too has won, lost, and arisen even stronger. Read his story and pay attention to your heart pounding within.

STEPHEN A. MACCHIA, founder and president of Leadership Transformations,
author of more than a dozen books on spiritual transformation

This engaging, gripping book is at its core a call for renewal. It recognizes the problems confronting our society, but it also highlights our strengths and our capacity for social regeneration. The combination makes for just the kind of wake-up call America needs to hear.

YUVAL LEVIN, author of A Time to Build

Radical togetherness is not just a nice idea for John Kingston; it has been a lifelong pursuit. In strikingly insightful ways, John offers a profound and practical path forward amid the death and despair so many Americans are experiencing. American Awakening is for such a time as this!

REV. RAY HAMMOND

Radical togetherness is needed like never before. If Jesuss people cant do it, who can? Im grateful for Johns penning a great vision for awakening the soul of our country in a way that is beyond partisan politics. Both republicans and democrats promise the abundant life, but all fall short of the glory of God. American Awakening is a call for Jesuss people of all varieties to find a life that is truly life. Read and join the adventure!

DAVID M. BAILEY, founder and director of Arrabon Enterprise Institute

John Kingstons deep love for his country, his passion to see people flourish, his penetrating insight into the state of the world, and his wisdom in human nature and the human predicament come through in brilliant colors. Underlying our social dysfunction, our political polarization, and the divisions along lines of ethnicity, class, and ideology is a far deeper problem. The roots that long nourished the American experiment have withered. Until we replenish those roots, there is no legislation and no political administration that can make us whole. Kingston is extraordinarily gifted at getting beyond the partisan warfare, the noise, and the statistics to the fundamental truths and values that ground us and hold us together as human beings and as Americans. I hope everyone reads this book. It would refresh and restrengthen the roots of our economy, our democracy, and our society.

TIMOTHY DALRYMPLE, president and CEO of Christianity Today

Our nation seems to face unprecedented challenges. If you are tempted to lose hope, read American Awakening by John Kingston. Without flinching from our national challenges, Kingston reminds us of the timeless truths about America that bind us together and make our country unique and great. This book gives the reader a much-needed shot of national confidence.

ARTHUR BROOKS, professor of the practice of public leadership,
Harvard Kennedy School; senior fellow at Harvard Business School;
president emeritus of the American Enterprise Institute

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