Releasing November 3
Stop Fighting the Tension. Start Using It.
A field guide for inhabiting the holy tension of the human condition.
Do you ever feel like a walking contradiction? You crave meaningful work but ache for rest. You love the people in your life and still catch yourself pulling away from what they need. You’re not crazy. You’re not broken. You’re just human — pulled in ten directions by desires that refuse to agree with each other.
“Luke Barry is a modern-day philosopher who deeply loves Jesus, able to uncover truth in the tensions of life and give language to things many of us have felt but never knew how to articulate.”
— RICH WILKERSON JR.
Author of Sandcastle Kings and lead pastor of VOUS Church
Why It Matters
This friction is an essential part of life, not a malfunction
This isn’t another self-help book promising you’ll come out the other side fixed. There’s no five-step plan here, no formula for making the contradictions go away. The Story of Your Soul is a field guide for staying in the tension long enough to let it do its work on you.
Separate Spirit from Flesh
Learn to tell the difference between what you feel and who you are.
Master Your Contradictions
Grow Into Your Potential
“My bookshelf is split down the middle with theologians on one side and secular thinkers on the other, and almost nothing that talks to both. Luke wrote the book that lives in the gap. I’ve been waiting for this book without knowing it.”
—Zach Windahl
Author of The Bible, Simplified
Inside the book
Eight Arenas. One Life.
Each chapter highlights the central tensions of a part of your life—and leaves you a little less afraid of the transformation.
Myself
The call to know yourself leads to a journey to become yourself.
People
Loving our friends is easy. Loving our neighbors is hard. Yet love calls us even higher.
Work
If you don’t rest, you won’t last. Your work ethic needs an equal and opposite rest ethic.
Education
The teacher passes down what he knows. The student steps out into the unknown.
Money
We all need money. The trick is learning to use it without letting it use you.
Politics
The problem is not the Left or the Right. It’s the false dichotomy that sets us against them.
Religion
Saul was the poster boy for religion. Then he encountered a God who gave him a new name.
Existence
There is no greater tension than the one between life and death. But what if death is a door?
“The Story of Your Soul is more than an insightful read or a collection of neatly packaged answers, this book expands our toolset to help us better understand, embrace, and navigate the tensions that shape our lives.”
Founder of West of Fairfax (and very proud sister)
“Some books inform you. The best books transform you. The Story of Your Soul is one of those books. If you’re seeking deeper faith, greater purpose, and a clearer understanding of God’s hand in your story, this book belongs on your shelf—and in your heart.”
Author of Broken Links and managing director, J. P. Morgan Wealth Management
Meet the author, Luke Barry
Luke Barry is a writer, speaker, musician, and ministry leader with a background in philosophy and a gift for communicating complex ideas with clarity and conviction.
Born and raised in South Africa, he has spent the last 27 years in the United States, where he has become a trusted voice at the intersection of faith, thought, and culture.
For the past decade, he has served on the pastoral team at VOUS Church. He and his wife, Francesca, live in Miami with their three children—Roman, Olivia, and Penelope.
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