By Zeb Bradford Long Chosen Books, a division of Baker Books Catalog number: 0-8007-9262-9 Price: $12.00 plus postage and handling {simplecaddy code=bk-002} The wilderness: that stormy, often frightening realm where Christians inevitably find themselves at some point in their spiritual journey. Brad Long wrote this book during his own wilderness experience while working as a missionary in Taiwan.

Because these pages came out of one man's real "dark night of the soul," they offer candid revelations and hard-won insights on a topic most believers find hard to understand and even harder to talk about.

Those who feel their prayer lives have dried up, who feel abandoned by God, or whose ministries seem fruitless will find comfort and encouragement. "This is an extreme book for those in times of extremity in their spiritual life," Long writes. The good news is that the wilderness experience is often the point where God entrusts believers with new power and gifts, setting the stage for spiritual growth and the advancement of his kingdom.

Zeb Bradford Long, ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), and a D.Min. from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia and was an educational missionary to Taiwan. Brad, along with Doug McMurry, co-authored The Collapse of the Brass Heaven and Receiving the Power. He is executive director of Presbyterian-Reformed Ministries in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and speaks at seminars around the world. He lives in Black Mountain, North Carolina.