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Awakening the Spiritual Wanderer

Secular and deconstructing people do not need dogmatic lectures; they need a trusted guide who understands the universal awakenings of the human heart. Drawing from the Parable of the Prodigal Son and pastoral experience with thousands of seekers, Ferguson charts the five awakenings that lead people back to God. A reader learns how to walk patiently alongside friends navigating spiritual doubt, helping them recognize God's gentle pursuit amidst their life transitions.

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About the authorDave Ferguson

Dave Ferguson is a church planter, author, and movement leader who has spent more than three decades building one of America's most influential churches, launching an international church-planting network, and catalyzing a global movement of reproducing congregations.

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