Because He Is, We Are
Living As Creatures Held By God
A Book About Alignment
Much of our exhaustion comes from trying to carry what only God can carry.
When we forget we are creatures, we begin trying to be sovereign — securing outcomes, managing perception, controlling results.
This book returns to something older and steadier:
God is.
We are.
And that order changes everything.
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Theology That Forms Leaders
What you believe about God shapes:
• How you carry authority
• How you respond to criticism
• How you lead your family
• How your nervous system handles uncertainty
If God is stable, you can be steady.
If you know you are held, you do not have to grip.
This book explores union with Christ, the Creator–creature distinction, and sanctification as alignment — not as theory, but as lived formation.
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Who This Is For
• Leaders carrying invisible weight
• Parents forming children in a chaotic culture
• People rebuilding after failure
• Those who sense something is misaligned but cannot yet name it
This is not fast.
It is foundational.
Available in Paperback and on Kindle
Personal Note
I am still learning this.
I still feel the pull toward control.
I still feel the vulnerability of visibility
I still feel the nervous system tension when something moves into public space.
But I am committed to the process.
This book is not a finish line.
It is a marker in the middle of a longer path.
AUTHOR
Kris McFadden, BS, MAR, MBA, is the Founder, President, and CEO of Ascend Ministries Group and the President & CEO of Pennsylvania Adult & Teen Challenge. His work centers on spiritual formation, recovery, and helping people live from a truthful understanding of God, themselves, and reality.
