“Searching for Grace invites you into the kind of relationship that we all long for deep in our hearts. The relationship between Scotty and Russ is scary, vulnerable, painful, but gorgeously loving and drenched in grace…Every conversation in this book reminds us that it is God and the healing grace that comes through his Son that we all long for. I know of no other book like this one.”  - Paul David Tripp, author of New Morning Mercies

Anxious? Burnt out? Weary? Why is it so hard for our souls to find rest?

In Searching for Grace, Russ and his mentor, Scotty Smith, explore the contours of their lives and why embracing God’s grace unreservedly is so difficult for many of us. Their honest conversations offer priceless lessons for parched souls everywhere. Many of us feel anxious and unfulfilled by our everyday existence, yet deeply long for a purposeful, meaningful, and peace-filled life. That tension creates a background buzz of profound discontentment behind everything we do. There is a better way. Searching for Grace reveals the conversations between Russ and Scotty that transformed Russ’s life forever, helping him identify the mindsets that contributed to his restlessness. Straight from his little black journal, Russ shares the seven life-giving principles he learned from Scotty that unleashed him to a refreshingly new life, radically built on God’s grace.

More Praise for Searching for Grace:

“Scotty and Russ’s story of faith friendship welcomes us into a journey of vulnerability, honest questions, and the gift of being shaped by God’s grace. These healing conversations give me hope that we will one day know in full what we only now see in part.” - Sandra McCracken, singer/songwriter

“Consume this labor of love as precious wisdom. Even if you are not a pastor, read this book. I couldn’t help but wonder what levels of hell I might have avoided if I’d have taken this in at a younger age. Scotty and Russ engage in a deeply honest, compelling, and life-changing conversation that we not only get to overhear but also partake in as co-laborers living out grace. This book will fortify you for your work, and far more for your joy in the gospel.” - Dan B. Allender, Ph.D., professor of counseling psychology and founding president of The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology; author of Healing the Wounded Heart and Leading with a Limp

“Where can we find peace? There’s no formula, but thankfully Russ and Scotty show us how peace has found them, and continues to find them, in the restless flux of ordinary life. While never being prescriptive or burdensome, these two trustworthy guides narrate their experience with intimacy, candor, and grace, such that, by the time you put this book down, fear and burnout have dissipated and the reality of belovedness has burrowed into your heart afresh. Balm for the soul!” - David Zahl, author of Seculosity and director of Mockingbird Ministries 

RUSS MASTERSON is the author of Searching for Grace (co-authored with Scotty Smith), Adao’s Dance, and 40 Days Without Food. He is the founding and senior pastor of Christ the Redeemer Church of Marietta. The past fifteen years of Russ’s life have been filled with weekly study and teaching God’s one-way love to us in Jesus—grace without conditions. Russ lives in Marietta with his wife, three daughters, and a joyful labradoodle named Brother.