Reaching Into Their Future, Dr. Nate Ruch invites readers to rediscover the joy and responsibility of investing intentionally in the lives God has entrusted to them. Blending Scripture, personal stories, and decades of leadership experience, Nate offers a compelling vision for parents, pastors, mentors, and everyday believers who want to help others step into God’s calling. This book is a practical and hope-filled guide to shaping lives, strengthening faith, and impacting generations.
Reaching Into Their Future: How to See and Shape
the God-Given Potential in Others
AN UNSPEAKABLE PRIVILEGE
It’s not an accident or the product of chance that we’re connected to certain people. God has put us in these relationships, and we have the unspeakable privilege of being instruments of grace, directed by the Spirit, to make a dfference in their lives. Even when he was physically blind, the patriarch Isaac had spiritual eyes to see into the future of his sons. In this book, Dr. Nate Ruch encourages us to see the people around us with fresh eyes of love, confidence, and hope.
Meet Dr. Nate Ruch
Dr. Nate Ruch is the Lead Pastor of Emmanuel Christian Center, a multi-campus, multi-ethnic, and multi-generational church in the Minneapolis–St. Paul area. Since 2013, Nate and his wife Jodi have led Emmanuel with a focus on spiritual formation, leadership development, and biblical faithfulness in complex cultural times. Nate holds a Doctor of Ministry degree and spent a decade in higher education as Vice President of North Central University, where he helped develop future leaders. Dr. Ruch is the author of Reaching Into Their Future: How to See and Shape the God-Given Potential in Others and now serves nationally as a mentor to pastors and churches, particularly in the area of healthy leadership and succession. Nate and Jodi have four sons, four daughters-in-law, and a growing number of grandchildren.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Nate Ruch is the epitome of authenticity, and it comes through
in this book.
When you and I begin to call out the greatness in others, we come alive in ways we never imagined. When we offer a prophetic word of encouragement at just the right time, we partner with God to change someone’s life trajectory.
This book will inspire you to see your place in the world differently. On a scale of 1 to 10, this is a 10.
“This book is a masterclass on mentoring. Nate Ruch guides us through the slow, powerful work of shaping hesitant, unlikely people into leaders who shine for generations.”
- Mark Batterson
- Hal Donaldson
- Susie Larson
- Ryan Skoog
NO
GREATER
JOY!
There is no greater joy than watching someone step into their God-given calling.
Mentorship carries the power to shape a future—believing in someone’s calling and helping them walk boldly toward it. When guidance, faith, and encouragement come together, calling becomes reality. Here are a few success stories of Dr Nate Ruch's approach to mentorship.
Holly L. Geyer, M.D.
Holly L. Geyer, M.D., FACP, FASAM, is a Hospital Internal Medicine practitioner with additional specialty licensure in Addiction Medicine. She Supervises the AZ Division of Hospital Internal Medicine research and quality improvement projects to ensure high quality patient care, enhance treatment protocols and streamline institutional processes, and also serves as Chairman of Occupational Health for Mayo Clinic Arizona.
In addition to her clinical activities, Dr. Geyer has numerous awards and is active in research, patient advocacy and healthcare policy at an enterprise and state level. She is well published in high-impact scientific journals and book chapters, authors the book: Ending the Crisis: Mayo Clinic’s Guide to Opioid Addiction and Safe Opioid Use, and maintains an active international lecture schedule. She additionally serves as a Physician Director of the Mayo Clinic Physician Assistant Fellowship program, teaches at the Mayo Clinic Medical School in Arizona, is chairman of Occupational Health for Mayo Clinic Arizona and serves on the NFL Alumni Health Medical Advisory Committee.
Dr. Robyn M. Scherber, M.D.
Dr. Robyn M. Scherber, M.D., MPH, completed her medical school training at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago, Ilinois, and her fellowship in hematology/oncology at OHSU in Portland, OR. She completed her residency at Mayo Clinic, AZ, and served as a hematologist/oncologist at M.D. Anderson in San Antonio, TX. She has traveled extensively speaking at conferences at home and abroad, and currently leads a team of researchers developing new and innovative breakthroughs in cancer-fighting drugs. One of her many career highlights is the development of a validated patient reported outcome tool (PRO) which the FDA integrated the requirement for all new FDA approved cancer treatments. She is considered a world expert in chronic myeloid blood cancers, specifically the myeloproliferative neoplasms.
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