From Dreams to Drive: Trust God’s Plan, Embrace Your Gifts, and Walk in Purpose

Yerby debuts with an upbeat call for Christian women to step out of their comfort zones and into their God-given calling. Drawing from her experience founding the Christian Entrepreneur Organization, she lays out how readers can take stock of their natural gifts, then brainstorm how to use them in ways that help others and honor God. Mapping out a path to one’s purpose also entails attending to God’s “gentle,” day-to-day nudges (e.g., heeding an idea that pops into one’s mind year after year) and planting seeds for success, like speaking about a topic one is passionate about “even when you have a small audience.” With patience and faith, she writes, the “gifts and ideas that God has placed in your heart” will eventually become “tangible fruit.” The author’s tone is refreshingly reassuring and optimistic, and her advice makes up for what it lacks in novelty with exercises and useful reflection questions (“What questions have you been avoiding asking God?... Once you can identify the questions you’ve been avoiding and the reasoning behind it, you can move forward toward getting the clarity you need to pursue your purpose”). Believers stuck at professional crossroads will be especially gratified. (May)