Wild Goose Chase By Mark Batterson Mark Batterson does it again. Following his first book, In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day, he heads down the path of a wild goose chase and names it accordingly. Batterson has a unique and creative way of communicating both simple and complex concepts. In Wild Goose Chase he piques the reader’s interest all along the way. Even the title of chapter one makes a person say, “Say what?” In his opening few pages, he lays out the seemingly contradictory terms of chasing the wild goose in spiritual terms and the modern day figure of speech of going on a wild goose chase. The latter paints a picture of a purposeless endeavor without a defined destination. The former takes us to a destination only the Holy Spirit can define. Wild Goose Chase will challenge your lids, those assumptions which cage you in against what the Holy Spirit truly has for you. It weaves a description of the cage of failure in the shipwrecks of life that can make the reader believe there really is life after a seemingly “It’s-all-over” failure. He does a magnificent job describing the rooster’s crow both when Peter denied the Lord on one day and again on a day after the resurrection when the boys were doing a little early morning fishing. It is fascinating to read Batterson’s rendition of Jesus commanding Peter to “Feed my sheep” at an hour where most certainly the rooster crowed again. Peter’s cage of guilt was opened at that moment. For those readers who are into the ordinary, this book probably is not for you. There is nothing ordinary about the journey God has in store for you. However, if you want to get after it, ditch the thoughts of spectator sports, get into smart courage, and start playing serious offense. In playing high school and college basketball, Batterson always enjoyed offense, shooting the ball at the arch or in the paint! When you passed the ball to Batterson it was considered to go into the black hole of offense. You were never getting it back. Mark would shoot the ball! Offense! This book makes you want to play offense and do it with vigor. Adventure, also known as circumstantial uncertainty, is yours for the taking. If you are like me, you might be ready for the wild goose chase that can only be provided by a God who delights in taking us to destinations hitherto unattainable in our minds. I’m glad he does. Read the book, and with the words Batterson uses as he autographs his books, “Chase the Goose!”