BOOK REVIEW
DIDN’T SEE IT COMING – CAREY NIEUWHOF
by Melissa Doppler
“When you close your heart to people, you “… when hope flourishes, cynicism doesn’t
close your heart to God.” – Carey Nieuwhof, stand a chance.” – Carey Nieuwhof, Didn’t See
Didn’t See It Coming It Coming
All of the challenges Carey discusses have the Don't get me wrong - this is not a self-help
power to deeply affect our faith, disable us as book. That would trivialize its value. It is equally
leaders and prevent us from living the abundant challenging and rewarding. But to get the most
life available through Christ. The church is rife out of Didn’t See It Coming, it requires going
with pastors stepping out of ministry, believers beyond just reading it. Like all great counsel,
becoming disillusioned with the church, prideful it takes courage to face the truth head on and
infighting, loneliness and exhausted people. turn the lessons into practice.
The saddest part is that we can allow these
things to take us out of the game altogether My prayer is that you would read this book.
– which is exactly what our enemy would love. Even if you believe the topics aren’t relevant
to you, you might be surprised. Maybe you
are that lucky person who hasn’t succumbed
“Competency
gets you in the
If you’ve been kicking around planet earth for
any length of time, you’ve probably experienced
more than your fair share of challenges and
disappointments. Life has a way of sneaking
up on you and saying “Gotcha!”
In Didn’t See It Coming, Carey Nieuwhof
addresses seven of the most common
intrapersonal challenges that can hang out,
unidentified, in the dark recesses of our
hearts and minds – cynicism, compromise,
will help you be a better friend.
For anyone who is honest and humble enough
to admit that there's room for personal growth
keeps you in the and is willing to put Carey's experiences and
room.” – Carey
- more than that - personal transformation
insight to work in their own life, I promise it will
pay dividends.
Nieuwhof, Didn’t AUTHOR BIO: Carey Nieuwhof is a former lawyer
See It Coming He’s the author of several best-selling books
and founding pastor of Connexus Church.
and speaks to leaders around the world about
leadership, change and personal growth.
and emptiness.
This book is all about hope. Carey never
presents a problem without a solution.
or styles. It looks beyond the symptoms we
usually focus on and gets to the core of each Thanks to his easy style, reading this book is
issue. It is deeply personal, both from the more like having a chat with a friend who has
author’s perspective and the reader’s. Carey’s been down the same road as we are travelling.
narrative draws on his own experiences as he It’s not preachy, condemnatory or trite. He has
calls out these insidious and subtle internal a way of touching on deep issues of the soul
challenges which are often difficult to identify without leaving you feeling like a failure. And he
without objectivity. always presents a way out.
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know someone who has and reading this book
room. Character
disconnection, irrelevance, pride, burnout,
This book doesn’t discuss strategy, environment
to any of these issues – but chances are you
May 2019
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Melissa Doppler
Graduate of Hillsong College, worshiper, avid
reader, leadership junkie, and writer with a passion
to help others discover their God-given purpose.
Check out her blog.
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