You can smile through Sunday and still come home heavy. I've been there too, and I made this for you. Watch the short video below.
You don't have to have it all together to be okay. And you're not as alone in this as it feels.
Send me the detailsYou know how to answer "How are you?" without really answering it. Fine. Good. Hanging in there. You say it on a Sunday morning, in the grocery line, to the people who love you most. And underneath it, something is heavy. Maybe it has been for a while.
Church can be a hard place to say that out loud. Everyone looks like they're doing well. So you put on a face, you sing along, and you take the weight back home with you, and you're still alone with it.
If that's you right now, I'm glad you're here. You can set the face down for a minute.
"Help, I'm Not Okay" is a free program about just that. About being able to say you're not okay, and finding your way back to hope without faking it.
It started as five sermons. Now it's a short book, thirteen chapters, and you can take it one piece at a time.
It's not a fix-it plan or a list of steps to get your life back in order. It's room to be honest about where you are, and a way through the hard season with your faith. The kind of thing I'd say to you sitting across a table, not from a stage.
The teaching from the book and the sermons it came from, in plain words.
A path through a hard season that doesn't ask you to act like you're fine.
That you're not carrying this on your own, whenever you need to hear it.
A first look at the free beta before it opens up to more people.
I'm John Fowler. I'm a pastor, and I write.
I wrote "Help, I'm Not Okay" because I was tired of watching good people hurt in silence while they acted like everything was fine. And because I've needed it myself.
Leave your name and email. I'll send you more about "Help, I'm Not Okay" and let you know when the free beta opens. It's free, and there's no pressure. Just a note from me when it's ready.
Free. No spam. Just me, letting you know when it's ready.