"Put everything down and read this book by Jay Y. Kim—if you can. Our attention is being so divided and so fragmented that we don't even know how to read a book like this. But when we do, we are reminded that what God has to say often comes into our hearts and minds only by putting other things aside to receive it. If we can learn to see once again, then all of life will walk us past the burning bushes God has put all around us. Read this book and be transformed."A. J. Swoboda, associate professor of bible and theology at Bushnell University, pastor at Faith Center, and author of A Teachable Spirit
“With Jay Y. Kim, what you see is what you get. And what you get will not leave you disappointed but refreshed. The Pace of Peace is not merely an idea from the author but the stuff Jay lives from. He is a trusted guide who is living into deep wisdom and inviting us to join him out from the noise and into God’s space.”AJ Sherrill, Anglican priest and author of Being with God
“Day after day, stress, lack of time, hurry, feeling overwhelmed, and anxiety fill our minds and hearts. Unless we stop, reflect, and decide to do something, the pattern just continues over and over again. By reading The Pace of Peace, we find a plan and a clear way to see the change we need to happen and to experience life the way Jesus would want for us as we serve him in this world.”Dan Kimball, author of How (Not) to Read the Bible and vice president of Western Seminary
“So many of us are doing all the right things and still feel far from Jesus. Jay Y. Kim diagnoses that chasm with pastoral wisdom and theological depth. The Pace of Peace is a wake-up call for every follower of Christ who senses that God intended more for their life than the exhausted version they’re currently living. He brings Ignatius’s Examen off the monastery wall and makes it accessible and practical for today’s everyday living. If you have felt disconnected from the presence of God, this book will give you the language and tools you need to activate your faith afresh.”Faith Eury Cho, pastor and author of Experiencing Friendship with God
“In a distracted age, many of us move quickly through our days while remaining strangely absent from our own lives with God. In The Pace of Peace, Jay Y. Kim offers a wise and gracious invitation to rediscover the ancient practice of the Examen. With pastoral insight and practical clarity, he helps us notice God’s presence in the ordinary moments of our day and respond with gratitude, honesty, and trust. This is a welcome guide for anyone longing to live more attentively with God at the pace of grace and peace.”Alan Fadling, president of Unhurried Living Inc. and author of A Non-Anxious Life
“In The Pace of Peace, Jay Y. Kim (assisted by St. Ignatius) leads us from chaos to simplicity of heart. Here we learn why distraction is demonic and attachment is divine. Here we find the God who meets us in panic attacks as well as burning bushes. Read and be changed.”John Ortberg, teacher at BecomeNew.com and author of Steps
“Jay Y. Kim has written a beautiful, timely, and deeply needed invitation for our distracted age. In The Pace of Peace, he exposes the myth that faster is better and guides us into the slower, deeper way of Jesus. With pastoral wisdom and remarkable theological depth, he reminds us that what we give our attention to ultimately forms our lives. Rooted in the practice of the Examen, this book offers more than just insight. It offers a pathway to presence, wholeness, and peace. If you feel stretched thin or spiritually scattered, this book will help you recover what matters most.”Ian Simkins, lead pastor of The Bridge Church and author of Every Table an Altar
“Jay Y. Kim mines the wisdom of the Ignatian Examen and masterfully integrates it with the truth of Scripture, insights from neuroscience and psychology, and the vulnerability of his own story. Writing with remarkable tenderness, he invites us out of the frantic churn of a self-ordered life and into the presence and peace of God. With a spiritual director’s attentiveness to the soul and a storyteller’s eye for the details of ordinary life, he exposes the destructive habits of our age—absence, striving, reactivity, pride, shame, and the myth of control—and gently leads us into practices of presence, gratitude, reflection, confession, and surrender that re-form us as beloved sons and daughters. If you have ever wondered whether there is a different way to live, this ancient wisdom applied with striking relevance to our world is the medicine we need—the medicine I need—to help us move at the speed of God's love.”Glenn Packiam, lead pastor of Rockharbor Church and author of The Intentional Year, The Resilient Pastor, and What’s a Christian, Anyway?
“What a lovely and needed book! With his genuine and winsome style, Jay Y. Kim confronts us with the myth of multitasking and how destructive it is to the minds and souls of human beings. At the same time, he invites us to consider the gift of an examined life, describing concrete practices that are a powerful antidote to such destructive forces: attention versus distraction, reflection versus reactivity, confession versus shame or pride, and surrender to what God is doing here and now versus constantly being driven by human striving. As this important book is birthed into the world, I find myself praying fervently that we will heed Jay’s urgent warnings about what the culture of distraction, reactivity, and continual striving is doing to all of us and that, by God’s grace, we will be able to enter into the practices that contribute to the examined life he describes. A life in which the kingdom of God is always coming.”Ruth Haley Barton, founder of the Transforming Center and author of Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest
