About this item
Grow Like Jesus is the first book to delve into Luke 2:52, "And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man." -- a verse that spans the gap between Jesus the child and Jesus at the start of his ministry -- and unpack its lessons in ways that are simple to understand but deep enough to drive meaningful changes in a person's life.While we don't know if Jesus performed miracles while living in Egypt, if he caught fireflies at night as a kid or if he went to sleepovers with his friends, we can be sure he wasn't just hanging around eating lentils and pomegranates. Based on Luke 2:52, we know he was growing in four specific areas: wisdom, stature, favor with God, and favor with people. In other words, he grew intellectually, physically, spiritually and socially.
About the Author
Stephen Caldwell is the author of Grow Like Jesus: Practicing Luke 2:52 Discipleship and the co-author (with Mike Thompson) of Forging Grit: A Story of Leadership Perseverance. He has served as a consulting editor or ghostwriter on 16 other books, mostly in the business/leadership space. His career also includes writing and editing credits in the newspaper, magazine, marketing, advertising, and training industries.
Stephen's story began in the Delta of eastern Arkansas, where his family ran a weekly newspaper while he dreamed of becoming the next great American sportswriter. His writing career took many unexpected twists and turns, and a few times it crashed into some roadblocks. Along the way, he developed an approach to life and work based partly on a quote from Oswald Chambers: "Trust God and do the next thing."
As the co-owner and chief word architect of WordBuilders Communications, Stephen has a passion for helping people grow personally and professionally. He spends most of his working hours either helping clients develop and share their ideas or wrestling with his own writing projects.
He began his writing career as a pre-teen when he penned articles about Little League baseball games for the weekly newspaper in Marianna, Ark. He wrote his way through college before joining the Arkansas Democrat and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as a sportswriter and columnist. Later he served as the executive editor of The Life@Work Journal.
He founded WordBuilders Communications in 2008, and quickly found a niche helping thought-leaders develop and write their book ideas. He also spent four years as the director of learning experiences for SVI, before returning full-time to WordBuilders in 2015.
Stephen and his wife Audrey share a blended family that includes seven children and 13 (at last count) grandchildren. They enjoy spending time together however possible, but especially when it involves travelling or spoiling their grandkids.
