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Title details for Wild Awakening by Greg J. Matthews - Available

Wild Awakening

How a Raging Grizzly Healed My Wounded Heart

by Greg J. Matthews
James Lund
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In this "powerful story about the healing every man needs" (John Eldredge, New York Times bestselling author), a near-fatal attack by an enraged grizzly bear leads to an unexpected encounter with God for alpha male Greg Matthews.
Greg Matthews was the ultimate poster-boy for masculinity. Avid hunter and outdoorsman, Air Force and civilian firefighter, EMT, rescue helicopter pilot, fugitive recovery agent, Ground Zero volunteer and more, Greg had spent his whole life striving to serve others but for all the wrong reasons. After his parents' divorce when he was young, Greg believed deep down that the only way he could be loved and valued—by his father, by his family, and by God—was if he earned it through daring, high-stakes, high-risk—what society commonly refers to as "manly"—achievements.

But everything changed when an idyllic hunting trip through the backwoods of Alaska turned into a harrowing fight for his life. Greg was attacked by a grizzly bear—but the gruesome, nearly fatal conflict offered an unexpected encounter with God. Greg's eyes, and more importantly, his heart, were finally opened to the lie that he'd internalized as a child: that his dangerously high-risk achievements were the sole signifiers of his worth. The road to recovery was long and painful, but it forced Greg to come face-to-face with the long-held view of manhood he had absorbed as his own identity. The relentless grizzly uncovered something in Greg's heart: that he was being pursued by an equally persistent God, who loved him unconditionally.

A gripping tale of survival and a rebuttal to outdated notions about masculinity, Wild Awakening "will help you lead a life of greater purpose" (John O'Leary, author of On Fire).

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  • Release date

    June 18, 2019

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781797100142
      • File size: 212961 KB
      • Duration: 07:23:40

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 25, 2019
      Matthews, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Anti-terrorism Officer and founder of Chase What Matters ministry, recounts his early life in this fine debut, building up to the harrowing experience of barely surviving an attack by a grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness. Matthews grew up in southern California and begins by describing joyful times with his brothers and father on hunting and camping trips. However, his parents’ divorce when he was in middle school leaves him with a deep sense of failure that builds up over the years and leads to him getting a DUI, which gets him kicked out of high school. Feeling the sting of failure and slowly becoming estranged from his father, Matthews enlists in the Air Force, often takes extreme personal risks (such as joining a fire and rescue company), and spends large amounts of time away from his family. When his brother Matt suggests going on a moose hunting expedition in the wilderness of Alaska, Matthews readily accepts. During the hunt, Matthews is attacked by a grizzly bear and almost dies. He describes his fight to survive and being visited by Jesus, when suddenly he realized that he is loved by God as well as his father. With candid explorations of how his fears of failure led to a calm hopefulness after his attack and rehabilitation, Matthews’s affecting story of emotional and physical recovery will touch any Christian reader.

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