This engaging and inspirational book by Carl Lentz, the rock star pastor of Hillsong NYC, shows us the way toward a far more connected, spiritually-grounded, and fulfilled life.

When you think of the Christian pastor, you almost certainly don’t envision a tattooed thirty-something who wears a motorbike jacket, listens to hip-hop music, personal references The Walking Dead and Black Lives Matter in his sermons, and every Sunday draws a standing-room only group to a venue normally utilized for rock concerts-in godless about Own AS SOON AS NEW YORK, no less.

But you clearly haven’t met Carl Lentz.

As business lead pastor from the first United States branch of global megachurch Hillsong, the former college basketball participant is on a mission to make Christianity available in the 21st century. In Own The Moment, he shares the improbable and inspiring story of how he went from as an average teen who couldn’t treatment less about chapel to leading one of the country’s fastest-growing congregations-how one day he is endeavoring to convince a Virginia Seaside 7-Eleven clerk to wait his support, and just a few years later he is baptizing a global music icon within an NBA player’s Manhattan bath tub.

Amid such candid personal tales, Lentz offers illuminating readings of Bible passages and useful tips on how to live like a person of trust in an progressively materialistic world. How will you sustain your values-and pass them on your children-in a culture that worships cash and sex and fame? How will you embrace your flaws within this Instagram era that exalts the appearance of perfection? How do you just forget about “living the fantasy” and learn to embrace the beauty of your reality?

These are just a few of the many essential queries Lentz answers in Personal The Moment-a powerful reserve that redefines not only Christianity but spirituality as a whole.