Ascend

<p>Life is an adventure and every experience teaches us. This book is a compilation of true adventure stories each with a life-lesson. The settings include mountain climbing marathon running cave exploration travel surfing and competition. There are stories of disappointments and successes. Each has a powerful life-lesson that will resonate with the reader's journey.</p><p>This book is the closest thing in form to a kind of modern expression of parables I've ever read. Clear compelling mysterious and evocative all at once. Beautiful. Read this!</p><p>-A.J. Swoboda (PhD Birmingham) is assistant professor of Bible theology and World Christianity at Bushnell University and the author of After Doubt.</p>