Pastor Drew Hyun explains how the Christian faith provides a lens through which we can understand the beautiful and disappointing world we live in, while offering the kind of promising hope we long for.Book:  Beautiful, Disappointing, HopefulHope Church NYC WebsiteDrew Hyun WebsiteWHAT YOU'LL LEARN:Three Types of Books About ChristianityTension that Many Believers ExperienceThree Deep PracticesABOUT THE GUEST: Drew Hyun is the Founder and Lead Pastor of Hope Church NYC, a diverse church with three locations in New York City. Drew is also the Executive Director of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, an organization that aims to transform church culture through the multiplication of deeply changed pastors and leaders. He regularly speaks at churches, conferences and college campuses throughout the United States and abroad. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (M.Div), and Fuller Theological Seminary (DMin). Drew loves cities, ESPN, and naps, and finds it a restful Sabbath when all three come together. He resides in New York City with his wife Christina and their son David and daughter Avery. Drew is the author of Beautiful, Disappointing, Hopeful: How Gratitude, Grief, and Grace Reflect the Christian Story, available at  Amazon, Churchsource, or Barnes and Noble.RELATED LINKS:Hope Church NYC WebsiteDrew Hyun WebsiteEmotionally Healthy Discipleship WebsiteTIMESTAMPED SHOWNOTES:00:38 - Introducing Drew Hyun03:10 - Drew's Journey to Urban Ministry in NYC04:43 - Calling to NYC and Church Planting05:38 - Motivation for Writing Book: Beautiful, Disappointing, Hopeful06:03 - ...Three Types of Books About Christianity07:16 - ...Explain the Christian Faith in Three Simple Memorable Words08:12 - ...The Christian faith gives a compelling picture of why both beauty, disappointment, and hope exist08:33 - ...Practices of gratitude, grief, and grace so Christians can live a resilient, flourishing life08:53 - ...Written for various audiences12:34 - Influence of Drew's Father's Call to Ministry12:59 - ...Drew is a Christian despite growing up in church13:30 - ...Finding Jesus to be true and compelling14:05 - ...Reconciliation with his father14:37 - Two kinds of grief18:07 - Tension that Many Believers Experience19:54 - ...the story of the Christian faith starts with a good God creating a beautiful world22:24 - ...posture to take from a beautiful world is gratitude22:36 - ...but we struggle with gratitude and being alert the goodness of God23:25 - ...but the world is also incredibly disappointing25:49 - Creation - Fall - Redemption - Restoration26:48 - Three Deep Practices: Gratitude, Grief, Grace27:19 - ...invitation to live into