{"product_id":"a-restless-age-how-saint-augustine-helps-you-make-sense-of-your-twenties-paperback","title":"A Restless Age: How Saint Augustine Helps You Make Sense of Your Twenties - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWesley Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eAustin Gohn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo your twenties feel restless? You're not the first young adult to feel this way. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaint Augustine describes the same struggle in his Confessions, the most-read spiritual memoir in history. He experimented with different religious options, tried to break destructive habits, struggled to find the right friends, experienced a devastating breakup, and nearly burned out in his career-all before his thirty-second birthday. He spent his twenties looking for rest in all the wrong places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eA Restless Age\u003c\/em\u003e, Austin Gohn wades through Augustine's \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e to show us how the five searches of young adulthood-answers, habits, belonging, love, and work-are actually searches for rest. \"Our heart is restless,\" Augustine writes, \"until it finds rest in you.\" Most of us spend our twenties looking for rest, but God is inviting you to spend your twenties living from rest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndorsements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Austin Gohn shares my passionate hope that the \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e will become as useful to Protestants as it has been to Catholics over the centuries. . . . he comes straight to the point in every discussion, and shows a virtuoso sympathy with young people in confusing, trying times.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Ruden, \u003c\/b\u003e Translator of Augustine's \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Young adults need old, time-tested wisdom, especially in today's world of social media ephemera and soul-crushing digital delirium. Augustine is a good place to start, and \u003cem\u003eA Restless Age\u003c\/em\u003e tells us why.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrett McCracken, \u003c\/strong\u003e a senior editor at The Gospel Coalition and author of \u003cem\u003eUncomfortable\u003c\/em\u003e\"Austin Gohn's \u003cem\u003eA Restless Age\u003c\/em\u003e is an important read not only for people in their twenties but also those who live with, work with, and mentor them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVince Burens, \u003c\/strong\u003e President\/CEO, CCO\"This is a wonderful book. Austin Gohn 'gets' Augustine and then gives Augustine to the twenty-something wondering why life hasn't turned out as expected. \u003cem\u003eA Restless Age\u003c\/em\u003e is rich in biblical insight, perceptive in cultural analysis, and grounded in truth that goes much deeper than today's headlines.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrevin Wax, \u003c\/strong\u003e Director for Bibles and Reference at LifeWay Christian Resources, author of \u003cem\u003eThis Is Our Time: Everyday Myths in Light of the Gospel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustin Gohn is a pastor at Bellevue Christian Church, where he has worked primarily with young adults over the past seven years. He and his wife Julie, along with their son Levi, reside in Pittsburgh, PA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47645894738141,"sku":"9780692148297","price":17.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/38vZZ8YZWR9780692148297.webp?v=1773858238","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/a-restless-age-how-saint-augustine-helps-you-make-sense-of-your-twenties-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}