Knox McCoy - All Things Reconsidered: How Rethinking What We Know Helps Us Know What We Believe

PRAISE FOR
ALL THINGS RECONSIDERED

It has been my great luck to find Knox McCoy. His effortless, on-the-spot humor, while making me seethe with envy, absolutely translates to the page in All Things Reconsidered. In this book, you will find masterful storytelling, relatable humanity, and an unexpected story about picking up Cheesy Gorditas from Taco Bell in the drive-through with a naked friend. Im just saying there is a lot in here, all hilarious and surprisingly tender. Knox is an American treasure.

Jen Hatmaker
Author of Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You

In a world that worships certainty, Knox McCoy invites us to give our first impressions a second look and reconsider what we thought we knew for sure. With grace-filled humility, hard-won wisdom, and just the right amount of ridicule, Knoxs writing continues to challenge, entertain, and influence the way we talk about what we believe. I adore this book, and I hope Knox continues to write books forever. This statement needs no reconsideration.

Emily P. Freeman
Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Next Right Thing

In All Things Reconsidered, Knox McCoy is engaging and imaginative as he paves the way for the rest of us to examine, and perhaps question, long-held ideas that no longer represent how we think, what we believe, or how we feel. In a fast-paced culture like ours, this is the reminder we need if we are to contribute our own thoughtful, creative, and sometimes new ideas to the larger conversation.

Suzanne Stabile
Author of The Path Between Us and coauthor of The Road Back to You

Entertaining, thought-provoking, and laugh-out-loud funny. Knox McCoy writes the books Chuck Klosterman would write if hed grown up going to Sunday school.

Chad Alan Gibbs
Author of Two Like Me and You

We live in an age that villainizes changing your mind. Knox is here to reclaim the lost art of reconsideration. He is a thoughtful captain: helping you navigate the shallow coastlines and subterranean waters of the sacred and the secular, with equal weight and precision to each. Release yourself from the stigma of stubborn and inflexible beliefs and allow yourself to consider again, with Knox as your guide and All Things Reconsidered as your map.

Erin Moon
Author of Every Broken Thing: A Lent and Holy Week Guide to Answering Ecclesiastes

In his thoughtful new work, a celebration of recalibration, Knox McCoy manages once again to unite comedy and candor, penning serious reflections that are seriously funny. His reflections on introversion and the Enneagram had me in tears, I was laughing so hard.

Anne Bogel
Author of Dont Overthink It and Id Rather Be Reading

This is the perfect book at the perfect time. For people weary of the us-versus-them culture, Knox offers smart, funny, and thoughtful permission to reconsider our lives with a kind posture, exemplifying how we can do the same for our own people.

Kendra Adachi
Author of The Lazy Genius Way

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To Ashley, the best of wives and best of women

CONTENTS

When Knox asked me to write this foreword, I immediately said yes. Then I read his book. (Spoiler alert: its fantastic and I would pay cash money for it.) Then I googled how to write a foreword. What I found were several writerly sites that indicate forewords are not necessary. This felt like a personal attack. So I clicked on page 2 of the search results. These sites were much more pro-foreword and therefore more trustworthy. The consensus seemed to be that an author should choose someone who is an expert in the field the book is about and who can offer his or her credibility to the project.

I have a bachelors degree in reconsideration. Technically, my degree is in sociology and womens studies, which is why my father thinks I have a weird job as a podcaster, but no matter. Ive spent most of my days assured I know exactly how I feel about things and then completely changing my mind later.

I knew I would never watch a show as good as Saved by the Bell. Then I watched 30 Rock.

I believed Chris Hemsworth was the hottest Chris. It is obviously Chris Pine.

I thought I looked stunning with bangs, then I saw pictures of myself with bangs.

Knox has been a huge contributor to my reconsideration efforts. He and I met in an online writing forum in 2011. I considered anyone in an internet writing forum to be pretentious. When I visited Knoxs website, the most recent post on his blog was a three-thousand-word masterpiece recapping the latest episode of The Bachelor. I instantly reconsidered my take on online writers.

In 2013, Knox asked me to cohost a podcast with him. I thought podcasters were boring middle-aged nerds who interviewed other nerds as a hobby. We started The Popcast, a show about pop culture that is now our current day job. I learned that podcasters are actually very pretty and interesting and young.

Its not just my opinions about writing and podcasting that have changed. Knox convinced me Shia LaBeouf is a great artist. The Peanut Butter Falcon and Honey Boy proved his case. After several postlive show trips to McDonalds, I thought twice about who makes the best chicken nuggets. Knox has made me reconsider character-driven novels, Danny McBride, the value of multiple whiteboards, and owning a business with someone you met in a writing forum.

The most recent frontier of Knoxs influence on me has been regarding faith. I grew up going to church every Sunday, but I believed God was a bit of a tyrant; God himself showed me repeatedly that he is kind and good. From that goodness, Knox and I launched a podcast called