Is there more to life than chasing achievement, security, and approval?
Most young adults don't lack intelligence, opportunity, or potential-what many lack is a compelling vision for why their life matters. Unleashing Holy Imagination offers exactly that: a formative journey into discovering who you are in Christ, discerning your calling, and learning to live as an agent of God's Kingdom in the world.
Drawing on more than four decades of walking with young adults, Duane H. Smith reframes imagination not as escapism or wishful thinking, but as a God-given capacity-shaped by Scripture and empowered by the Spirit-through which we see what God is already doing and join Him in it. This is not a book of formulas or quick answers. It is a mentor's invitation to faithful presence, courageous obedience, and radical trust in God's leading.
The journey unfolds in four movements:
- Identity and belonging-seeing yourself as God sees you, adopted as His son or daughter
- Rooted and resilient faith-going deeper so your identity and hope can last
- Awakened imagination-letting love lead you outward and discerning your calling
- Commissioned calling-being sent into God's redemptive work, from justice to human flourishing
Anchored in passages such as John 10:10 and Ephesians 3:20-21, the book helps young adults trust that God desires to do immeasurably more through their lives than they could ask or imagine. Each chapter includes Scripture anchors, honest personal reflection, reflection questions, a declaration of truth, and prayer-making it ideal for personal growth, mentoring relationships, campus ministries, and small groups.
The ultimate invitation is not simply to discover a calling, but to live as the Kingdom come-deploying the resources of heaven into real-world contexts so that lives, communities, and cultures may flourish under God's reign.
You do not need everything figured out to begin. You only need the courage to take the next faithful step.
About the Author:
Duane H. Smith has spent more than four decades walking alongside youth and young adults as they discover who they are, what they are called to, and how their lives can be lived for God's greater purposes. A youth pastor at heart and an entrepreneur by design, he is driven by a deep conviction that ordinary people-when rooted in love and open to God's leading-can live extraordinary, Kingdom-centered lives.
Across his ministry and professional journey, Duane has served in youth ministry, leadership development, nonprofit work, and entrepreneurial ventures, always helping people align their gifts, passions, and imagination with God's redemptive work in the world. His path has included seasons of growth and fruitfulness as well as seasons of loss, failure, and rebuilding-experiences that deepened his trust in God and shaped his writing. He shares that message in Unleashing Holy Imagination, part of The Unstoppable Series.
