Whether you're in a difficult wilderness season or facing the ordinary struggles of life in a broken world, The Wilderness Is the Way gently reorients your heart toward the freedom and peace found in Jesus. Dustin has a unique gift for making readers feel seen and understood during what is often a painful and lonely time. As a pastor who regularly sits with people wrestling through difficult seasons of life, I found this book to be both compelling and genuinely helpful.

Dustin has allowed the Lord to Shepherd him through some of his darkest days. He has found peace, rest, joy and strength in the midst of pain and struggle because he has wrestled with the coexistence of joy and sorrow. In his book, the Wilderness Way, he Shepherds those of us who have also experienced traumas and trials to the promises of scripture and an understanding of the Lord’s presence. Dustin speaks authentically because he has walked through the rawness of life both personally and with others, including myself. He helps us see the goodness of God in the middle of some of our hardest times and leads us to walk with an eternal perspective that gives hope both now and for the future. I am passing his book out like candy!

Dustin’s The Wilderness Way gives language to the hard spaces and broken parts we encounter daily, not only in the lives of our clients but also within our own staff. In a workplace shaped by grief, growth, and healing, this book invites us to breathe a sigh of relief and gently shift our perspective on the wilderness journeys we all walk. It’s a compassionate and deeply relatable resource that we will return to again and again.