Nobody Told Me That the Road Would Be Easy
by Floyd Thompkins - Applied Wisdom Institute
The intense work of organizing, speaking, seeking funding, and administrating the people and systems that are necessary to make an impact can easily obscure the original passion and mission behind these activities. Concurrent with this danger of a loss of focus is the presence of pains, disappointments, and inevitable betrayals that can diminish one's capacity to experience or express joy.
More books by Floyd Thompkins - Applied Wisdom Institute
Nobody Told Me That The Road Would Be Easy
A Nobody Told Me that the Road Would Be Easy Companion Workbook
Nobody Told Me That the Road Would Be Easy Companion Workbook is a six-week guide for people committed to justice, peace, and faith. Through daily reflections, prayers, practical exercises, and group discussion prompts, Rev. Floyd Thompkins Jr. helps readers pursue meaningful change without losing their joy, rest, love, or spiritual grounding. Ideal for personal devotion, small groups, and justice-minded faith communities.
Come Too Far To Turn Around
Meditations for the Work of Justice, Mercy, and Renewal
These pages are crafted to be read slowly and revisited often, serving as companions for moral courage, grief-tender worship, and renewed commitment to the “beloved community.” Whether you are a preacher, activist, caregiver, or simply someone trying to live awake in unfair times, this book will help you pray with your feet as well as your lips—anchoring your work for justice in a deeper well of grace, resilience, and daring hope.
Come Too Far To Turn Around
Guided Exercises For Prayer, Reflection and Action
In a time of exhaustion, division, and deep moral urgency, this companion workbook offers guided exercises for those who long to stay spiritually grounded while doing the hard work of justice, mercy, and communal healing.
Paired with the meditations of Come Too Far to Turn Around, it moves readers through love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control - turning contemplation into prayer, and prayer into faithful action.