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'A Powerful Story Every Man Needs'
It was my privilege to help Greg Matthews tell his extraordinary story in Wild Awakening (Howard/Simon & Schuster, 2019). John Eldredge, New York Times bestselling author of Wild at Heart, said of Greg's book, "Sometimes it takes something dramatic to reach the hidden places in us. It did for me, too. This is a powerful story about the healing every man needs." Greg is a man's man with a sincere heart for helping guys discover true masculinity.
Publishers Weekly described the book this way: "Matthews, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers antiterrorism officer and founder of Chase What Matters ministry, recounts his early life in this fine debut building up to the harrowing experience of barely surviving an attack by a grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness. Matthews grew up in southern California and begins by describing joyful times with his brothers and father on hunting and camping trips. However, his parents' divorce when he was in middle school leaves him with a deep sense of failure that builds up over the years and leads to him getting a DUI, which gets him kicked out of high school. Feeling the sting of failure and slowly becoming estranged from his father, Matthews enlists in the Air Force, often takes extreme personal risks (such as joining a fire and rescue company), and spends large amounts of time away from his family. When his brother Matt suggests going on a moose hunting expedition in the wilderness of Alaska, Mathews readily accepts. During the hunt, Matthews is attacked by a grizzly bear and almost dies. He describes his fight to survive and being visited by Jesus, when suddenly he realized that he was loved by God as well as his father. With candid explorations of how his fears of failure led to a calm hopefulness after his attack and rehabilitation, Matthews's affecting story of emotional and physical recovery will touch any Christian reader."
It was my privilege to help Greg Matthews tell his extraordinary story in Wild Awakening (Howard/Simon & Schuster, 2019). John Eldredge, New York Times bestselling author of Wild at Heart, said of Greg's book, "Sometimes it takes something dramatic to reach the hidden places in us. It did for me, too. This is a powerful story about the healing every man needs." Greg is a man's man with a sincere heart for helping guys discover true masculinity.
Publishers Weekly described the book this way: "Matthews, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers antiterrorism officer and founder of Chase What Matters ministry, recounts his early life in this fine debut building up to the harrowing experience of barely surviving an attack by a grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness. Matthews grew up in southern California and begins by describing joyful times with his brothers and father on hunting and camping trips. However, his parents' divorce when he was in middle school leaves him with a deep sense of failure that builds up over the years and leads to him getting a DUI, which gets him kicked out of high school. Feeling the sting of failure and slowly becoming estranged from his father, Matthews enlists in the Air Force, often takes extreme personal risks (such as joining a fire and rescue company), and spends large amounts of time away from his family. When his brother Matt suggests going on a moose hunting expedition in the wilderness of Alaska, Mathews readily accepts. During the hunt, Matthews is attacked by a grizzly bear and almost dies. He describes his fight to survive and being visited by Jesus, when suddenly he realized that he was loved by God as well as his father. With candid explorations of how his fears of failure led to a calm hopefulness after his attack and rehabilitation, Matthews's affecting story of emotional and physical recovery will touch any Christian reader."
“Bruce Matthews is a winner as an NFL player, a husband, a father, and a man of God. His new book, which tells the amazing story of the Matthews family, is a winner too. If you're looking for inspiration to be better in every aspect of your life, you need to read Inside the NFL's First Family."
Tim Brown, NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver and author of The Making of a Man