"A new way to live is available to us," writes widely respected author and counselor Larry Crabb, "a way that leads to a joy-filled encounter with Christ, to a life-arousing community with others, and to a powerful transformation of our interior worlds that makes us more like Jesus."

You'll see how God moves you from shattered dreams to better dreams to the highest dream - and the joy that comes from dreaming it.

This is a book that will...

• draw you to your closest Friend,
• help you discover your deepest spiritual desires,
• point you to your greatest hope,
• help you face your deepest pain,
• and invite you to your highest joy.

Join Larry Crabb on a life-changing adventure of encountering God in the midst of life's most difficult times. And learn to live beyond your Shattered Dreams.

"Shattered dreams, "writes Dr. Larry Crabb, "are never random. They are always a piece in a larger puzzle, a chapter in a larger story. The Holy Spirit uses the pain of shattered dreams to help us discover our desire for God, to help us begin dreaming the highest dream. They are ordained opportunities for the Spirit first to awaken, then to satisfy our highest dream."

To help you understand this neglected truth in the deepest and most helpful way, Larry Crabb has written a wise, hopeful, honest, and realistic examination of life's difficulties and tragedies. He wraps his insights around the bold story of Naomi in the Bible's book of Ruth.

As Crabb retells and illuminates this sometimes disturbing and often profoundly touching story, we are shown how God stripped Naomi of happiness in order to prepare her for joy. And we gain an unforgettable picture of how God uses shattered dreams to release better dreams and a more fulfilling life for those He loves.

Shattered dreams have the power to change our lives for good. Forever.

"God is always working to make His children aware of a dream that remains alive beneath the rubble of every shattered dream, a new dream that when realized will release a new song, sung with tears, till God wipes them away and we sing with nothing but joy in our hearts."

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS BOOK:

"Making my own plans, settingmy own goals, promoting my own agenda, nurturing my own ambition-in short living out my own dreams-are sure ways to get less than God wants to give me. Therefore, I praise God for shattering my dreams...and I praise God for Larry Crabb, who has courageously, clearly, and compassionately defined a biblical principle that is largely misunderstood."

"It has been a delight to watch Larry Crabb continue his journey down the path toward a mature and honest spirituality. I look on him as an advance scout in places I have yet to venture."

"I've lost count of how many times God has used Larry Crabb to tinker with my interior world. Five pages into this book I muttered to myself, 'Here we go again.'"

"Believing that true human joy is ultimately 'the discovery of who and what we were each created to be, and that the One who made us is committed to our fruitfulness and fulfillment in being and becoming that,' I am pleased to recommend Larry Crabb's work. His commitment to bringing practical guidance and personal passion to the table, enabling others to find and grow in God's best purposes for their lives, makes me thankful for his writings and work."

"This book has the unmistakable power of God all through it. It is rich with illustrations and the grasp of Scripture. For those of you who want to be as real as God intended you to be, you will want to hold onto every word that Larry Crabb has written in his new book, Shattered Dreams. It ministered to my heart - my longing to know God rather than use Him. This book is intended to take genuine seekers of truth through a discovery of true hope that will generate a 'new unfamiliar feeling that we will eventually recognize as joy.'"

"Anyone who knows Larry Crabb knows he's on an extraordinary journey, deep into the soul. And through his recent books—especially this one—we readers are privileged to tag along as Larry brings us to yet another level. He show us a place where we are sure to encounter the core of our being. And it's here that he teaches us to connect with each other and with God more meaningfully than we ever imagined possible. Through Shattered Dreams, Larry skillfully guides us on a transforming journey toward joy—a journey you surely do not want to miss."

"With typical clarity, Dr. Larry Crabb has again tackled a thorny issue of Christian doctrine that others have either passed by or addressed with vocabulary and theology that doesn't match human experience. In Shattered Dreams, Dr Crabb gently removes the broken pieces of our human dreams until at last he uncovers a loving, wise, and infinitely compassionate God whose ways we may not understand but whose heart we can always trust."

"We all know that every cloud has a silver lining, but finding and experiencing it is often an elusive pursuit. Thankfully, Larry Crabb teaches us how to locate and embrace the 'silver' biblically, practically, and penetratingly. For all of us who have been blessed by Larry's ministry, this may be his best work yet."