The author, Walter M. Brown, Jr., describes the wilderness as an inner feeling of barrenness. Through the spiritual direction in "Why the Wilderness," he hopes to help you better understand your own desolate times by seeing how God assisted him through his own.

God allows-and sometimes even plans-your personal wildernesses to mature you for life and ministry. Once understood, this process can help immunize you against these experiences. Brown provides advice on how to overcome 'wildernesses" of rejection, silence, and continually changing circumstances. He guides you in the quest to rise...