When Life’s Not Working: 7 Simple Choices for A Better Tomorrow offers direction for those seeking help for life’s failures and disappointments. Merritt, senior pastor at Eagle Brook Church in White Bear Lake, Minn., is a champion of the ordinary man and presents steps the reader can take toward achieving the extraordinary in a complex world.

Merritt uses his enthusiasm for sports, including hunting and fishing, to introduce concepts grounded in Scripture and proven in his own life. His seven choices—don’t quit, do a few things well, be prepared, be consistent, be disciplined, stretch yourself and practice self control—are so simple that they are often missed or ignored, yet can lead to fulfillment for those struggling with an overloaded life.

Merritt is a thoughtful voice writing with old wisdom for a new world. His seven choices encourage and challenge all who think they just aren’t gifted enough to succeed in life.

—Eilene Ishler

When Life’s Not Working

Bob Merritt

Baker Books (Baker Publishing Group)

hardcover, 256 pages, $17.99

978-0-801-01378-2

Christian Living

April 2011

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