In a unique format, the chapters alternate between a transcribed Dallas Willard seminar and Jim Wilder’s response through the lens of brain science. If you’ve read John Mark Comer (Practicing the Way, Ruthless Elimination of Hurry), you’re reading downstream of Dallas Willard. This is the source material.
Jim Wilder’s a neurotheologian. He works where theology and brain science meet. The core idea here: attachment theory. Who we spend time with, who we attach to, literally changes our brain and who we become. So how do we attach to Jesus? And why do practices like silence, solitude, and prayer actually work to build that attachment?
This one’s personal. It’s a big part of what pulled me out of a performance-based version of faith, the never-good-enough, always-more-to-do treadmill. This book isn’t about doing more. It’s about being with Jesus and letting that change you.
If you like a little dorky, a little sciency, this lays therapy and neuroscience right across the gospel and shows how well they align.
