I first heard about this book on a podcast that Christine was on and it intrigued me. Once I began reading, it was like taking a deep dive into the spill she had given on the podcast, and it was fantastic! I’ve never read anything written by Christine, but this certainly won’t be the last time I read her writing!

Each chapter of the book is about ways we can drift away from God and how we can stop. It’s very practical and well written. I appreciated the honesty she gives in the book about how we do tend to drift and why it’s damaging to our relationship with Christ.

I would recommend this book to any of my friends and I definitely will be coming back to this book for reference. Well done!

I read Christine Caine’s Unashamed a few years back with my small group. It was eye opening and really helped me with trauma I suffered from abuse. I knew this one would be helpful as well. Christine writes from a place of knowing. I loved how this book was laid out into 9 steps, or signs, that you are drifting. The ones that spoke to me the most were: You Stop Pressing and You Start Coasting and You Stop Hungering and Ypu Start Gorging. This book made me stop to assess my life and ways I’ve already started to drift.

In the book How Did I Get Here, author and Bible teacher Christine Caine, writes about the drift she experienced in her own life. And the struggles she experienced to get back on track. She writes, “Here’s what I came to understand: we can be doing all the right Christian things, saying all the right Christian words, but, just like the followers in Hebrews, be adrift and drifting still further...”
Caine continues being honest about the struggles of her soul, “If I do not understand something God is doing, it does not suggest a problem with God. It just means I don’t get it. At least, not at the moment. We rarely have the whole picture all at once. It’s like we’re holding a piece of a jigsaw puzzle and God is holding the other 999 pieces that we don’t even know exist yet. We can’t see all that he is doing. But just because we can’t see all these things—just because we can’t trace God—doesn’t mean we shouldn’t trust God and believe that he isn’t working.”
This was a great read! I would highly recommend this book. I received a copy of this e-book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Christine Caine has done it again! Every time I’m in a period of transition and need a source of wisdom, I turn to her books and this one did not disappoint. No matter how far we have wandered - God is so good that He sends a word to draw us near!

It’s a subtle slippage that takes a solid believer from passionate engagement to auto-pilot. When author, speaker, and ministry head Christine Caine began to detect her own heart’s reluctance to keep pressing hard into ministry, when she found herself wanting to “take cover more than [she] wanted to take ground,” she asked a very natural question: How Did I Get Here?

The story of finding her way back when everything was pulling her away began with Hebrews 2:1: “Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.”

The answer to a prone to wander heart is a closer attention and a more intentional leaning in to truth. In our following life, there is always a risk that we will begin to lose the awe of our salvation and the wonder of a right relationship with the God of the universe.

Busy-ness, inferior sources of security and significance, and the pull of our current cultural context are the undertow, causing us to drift away from a fervent love. Paying attention is the set anchor that keeps us in close communion with what’s important. Caine asks probing questions to encourage readers in self-assessment, always with grace, but alongside a sober warning that it is so easy to drift. “All you have to do is nothing.”

Many thanks to Net Galley and Revell for providing a copy of this book to facilitate my reviews which are, of course, offered freely and with honesty.

Have you ever just felt numb in your walk with God? Do you walk the walk and still believe, but just feel tiresome? This book is a realistic look of how we all get stuck in our Christianity, and even though we know Jesus is the answer, we still just can’t get unstuck. Christine Caine gives an honest testimony of her feelings while also explaining what takes the fire out of us, but also helps the reader realize how to get it back. This book is for anyone who needs a pep talk in their faith. This is a book to keep around for when the blahs come and you just can’t shake them. This was a perfect book at this time for me, and I can truly say it made me think and change my lazy patterns and to get back the ambition of being an on fire Christian. (I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher for my honest review.)

At one point or another, we all reflect on our lives with a bit of remorse and confusion, asking ourselves some very poignant questions. In her new book, "How Did I Get Here? Finding Your Way Back to God When Everything Is Pulling You Away," author and speaker Christine Caine attempts to explain why we occasionally drift away from what we once held dear, particularly in our relationships with Christ Jesus. Using intriguing - and often comical - personal experience stories, as well as scripture references, she gives us practical steps to take when we find ourselves in such a predicament.

This book is for any Christ-follower, like me, who struggles with what to do when life disappoints. Readers will certainly see themselves in the stories on these pages and laugh. They'll also be challenged to adjust their perspectives and press into the Lord, continually bringing their burdens to Him, being confident that He will never fail them.

By addressing the signs and causes of drifting in the faith, Christine Caine reminds us we can live lives of purpose and clarity, secure hope and faith. In this personal edition, Caine uses the foundation of Hebrews along with many Scripture references to encourage believers to a personal inventory in preventing drifts away from joy, peace, trust and community. The basics and guidelines are used well to provide intentional direction for life. Life stories and events give helpful examples to the text.

I received a complimentary copy of the book without obligation. This review is my opinion.

This is the first book I have read by Christine. It wasn’t bad. The chapters were designed to go through a way you could be pulling away from God, what to do, and personal stories. Some parts were slower than others but overall a decent book

This book! I thoroughly needed this book and the message Christine delivers. With anecdotes and personal examples, Christine reminds us of what is at stake if we drift and how we can fight the drift and stand firm for the Lord. Backed with scripture, Christine supports the importance of not drifting, how to see if we have, and how to anchor ourselves in the Lord.

Christine Caine is the ultimate hype-girl! If you have been feeling stuck, unmotivated, and somewhat lost in your faith journey... then this is the book for you.

Christine opens up about her own personal struggle and how she wanted to “ring the bell” (throw in the towel) and stop working for the kingdom as she has done all these years. She makes it clear that she didn’t want to leave her faith, but rather she found herself wanting to “coast” in her faith. “Coasting” offered the false idea of an easy walk, one that wouldn’t force her to endure the difficult elements.

She shares different facets of the “drifting” or “coasting” that can occur in the Christian life, what it looks like, and how to fight against it.

This is a great resource for someone who has come to a stagnant point in their Christian walk or has drifted into apathy. Christine encourages followers of Jesus to keep going and finish the race that God has called us to.

Christine Caine is a well-known Christian speaker, author, and co-founder of A21, a campaign to stop human-trafficking. In "How Did I Get Here?", Caine is speaking to believers who have found themselves drifting away from the Christian faith. In each chapter, she reveals a reason why the reader may have drifted, such as a lack of prayer, a refusal to meet with fellow Christians, and the inability to give up control. I especially resonated with her initial example of faith as an anchor that requires more from us than simply dropping it into the water passively and expecting it to hold. I would recommend this book to any believer who wants to strengthen their faith.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

How Did I Get Here ? By Christine Caine is an honest intimate book. It is a mix of real life situations and scripture. Different way we can find ourselves drifting from God are identified and most importantly way to stop the drifting abs draw closer to God. It is a timely book after coming out of a pandemic. Excellent book !!

It's been awhile since a book has convicted me like How Did I Get Here?, leaving me thinking about my own spiritual walk and if I am currently drifting. I have been feeling stagnant in my faith for awhile, almost to the point that I'm starting to not even go through the motions anymore, but reading this book lit something inside me, and I felt a spark I haven't felt in a long time...hope.

While I know that change isn't going to happen overnight, my heart is again full of hope, and I have to thank God for using this amazingly deep and raw resource to start to move the stagnant waters of my heart, and help me learn how to once again drop my anchor.

Christine Caine also found herself in uncharted waters, and in one moment, after much soul searching, she realized that she had unknowingly drifted, and this is where me, and many I've spoken to, especially since the pandemic, have also found themselves. How Did I Get Here? is Christine's personal story, and an invitation for the reader to join her on her journey as she checks each spiritual "link" one by one, prompting the reader to do the same, each link leading to the anchor of Jesus.

Filled with both heart and gospel, and chock full of Biblical references, and real talk, this resource not only gives sound doctrine to each point that is made, but it also urges you to dive deeper in study on your own, something I very much appreciated.

How Did I Get Here? is such a rich reference that I am already going back and doing a deeper study on my own. I can see that God is using this resource to reach me, and I can see this publication being a game changer for many.

With the realness and anecdotes of a trusted friend Christine Caine speaks to those of us who are feeling adrift in life, faith, and the world right now! If the title resonates with you at all this book is for YOU. I would love to selfishly claim that she wrote it just for me but I know that's just not true; especially after last year! Solid as a "set anchor" this book is full of Biblical wisdom, relatable events, and honest challenges. Readers will be rewarded with encouragement and hope.

I have a hard time describing how I feel about this book. The writing is fine if a bit repetitive, the message is strong, but I didn’t ever really connect with the author as she described her experience, shared relevant stories and advocated for perseverance. There’s nothing wrong with the book, but I guess I was expecting to be inspired and I wasn’t. I truly hate giving books less than three stars, but it just wasn’t my cup of tea. That said if you are looking for a book where you feel like you are listening to a person’s journey, you might love this book.

I have long admired Christine Caine and when I heard she was doing a book about struggling in her walk, I knew I needed to read it. I have been there and find it brave that such a prominent Christian leader is okay being vulnerable and sharing her story to help others.

“How Did I Get Here?” is a retrospective journey into Christine’s season of unrest and uncertainty. She details how she found herself there and provides critical steps for anyone else who finds themselves in similar territory to turn it around.

This book can help Christ followers discover peace and know what to do in difficult season of doubt. It can help renew your hope and passion moving forward and show us that it’s okay to struggle. God can handle anything we ask Him. This book is about how to make it through the struggle and to the other side at peace with God.

I highly recommend this book if you are going through one of these seasons, have ever been in one of these seasons, or even if you haven’t, because we can all end up here. Christine has a heart and a passion for Jesus that I admire so much and I’m grateful she felt led to share her story and provide tools on how to move forward when we struggle.

It is always a pleasure to read anything written by Christine Caine. Somehow she always knows exactly where I am in my life and speaks directly to that. Her new book How Did I Get Here? did the same. I appreciate her honesty and her teaching. It was super comforting to read about her questioning and discovery, to know that I’m not the only one who wonders how in the world I arrived at the place where I’d love nothing more than to ‘ring the bell’. Thank you to both Christine and to the publisher for the opportunity to be a part of the launch team for this title.

Everyone can find themselves lost in life or their relationship with God. We can become confused, frustrated, disappointed, and discouraged. We can be unsure of our purpose, significance, calling, and path in life. I know I have felt this way in my life and felt like quitting or giving up. This is where Christine Caine's book How Did I Get Here? finds us. Christine wrote this book when she was in a place of chaos, uncertainty, and ready to quit. How Did I Get Here? is a book on drifting in our faith and our relationship with God. Based on Hebrews 2:1-4 this book deals with 8 ways that point to drifting in our faith and away from God - such as "You Know You've Drifted When...You Stop Healing and You Start Seeping or You Know You've Drifted When...You Stop Praying and You Start Talking." The chapters contain personal stories, personal revelation, Scripture, encouragement, and ways to get back on course in our faith.
This book is an inspiration and encouragement to me letting me know I am not alone when I drift in my faith, doubt God, and find myself frustrated or disappointed in my life. I recommend this book to everyone - those who are lost or disappointed with their lives, those who are ready to quit and ring the bell, and even those who are confident and satisfied with their lives. We can find ourselves in these categories at different times or seasons of our lives. This book can help us be aware of when we get off course in our faith and guide us back to where we are called to be in life and our relationship with God. I received an advanced copy of this book for my honest review. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

It was an absolute privilege to be part of Christine Caine's launch team for her new book "How Did I Get Here?". Christine wrote her latest book during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the beginning, we see how Christine's teaching gives us practical advice to navigate turbulent waters and the storms of our lives while staying firmly anchored to Jesus. Like Christine's other books, she brings honesty, rawness and vulnerability to her readers. Christine's book encompasses humour, biblical truths, and personal anecdotes in a season where many of us have felt isolated or alone. It is incredibly inspiring, insightful and relevant to the season we are in right now. It poses the simple question many of us have asked at one stage or another of our lives - "How Did I Get Here?".

I could not put this book down and found myself highlighting many passages and scriptures for future reference. Through reading this book, I realised that I was also drifting in this season. This book reinforced that no matter how far we may be adrift, we can always find our way back to God. By the end of this book, I no longer wanted to "ring the bell" and knew that my anchor is firmly secured to Jesus. I highly recommend this book to anyone who feels like they are in unchartered waters and needs an alignment to stay or get back on course.