“I’M TOO BUSY!” We’ve all heard it. We’ve all said it. All too often, busyness gets the best of us.
Just one look at our jam-packed schedules tells us how hard it can be to strike a well-reasoned balance between doing nothing and doing it all.
That’s why award-winning author and pastor Kevin DeYoung addresses the busyness problem head on in his newest book, Crazy Busy — and not with the typical arsenal of time management tips, but rather with the biblical tools we need to get to the source of the issue and pull the problem out by the roots.
Highly practical and super short, Crazy Busy will help you put an end to “busyness as usual.”

A simple read for those looking re-assess the busyness and fast-moving lives they lead. A great read for individuals, couples, and Groups ( )

Simple. Straightforward. Profound.

I took notes on every chapter and am actually excited about my goal planning now. I notice I'm not stressed like I used to be. This short book was wonderfully freeing.

3 Dangers of Busyness. 7 Diagnoses of possible causes of your busyness. 1 Simple solution.

Phenomenal. ( )

In his winsome style, Kevin DeYoung tackles a problem plaguing Western Christianity: busyness. I was gratified that what we found here was not a "Christian" productivity plan. These types of plans can be helpful but the problem goes much deeper. DeYoung addresses the heart issues at the root of our frantic lifestyles and exposes what really matters. And, perhaps surprising to some, he ends up saying it is good to be busy, but about the right things and for the right reasons.

Should be required reading for everyone. ( )

Kevin DeYoung has recently become one of my favorite authors. I find his honesty and transparency to be incredibly engaging. He tends to write from the perspective of a fellow traveler, displaying a refreshing humility. This self-effacing writing style is on prominent display in Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem. In 118 pages, he packs nuggets of wisdom that prompted me to thoughtfully examine my own daily routines. Crazy Busy is punctuated with penetrating questions for the careful reader. What you won't find are over-simplified answers to fix your scheduling issues. Instead, DeYoung points to an examination of foundational issues that drive us to over-stuff our schedules. He writes, "The presence of extreme busyness in our lives may point to deeper problems - a pervasive people-pleasing, a restless ambition, a malaise of meaninglessness" (31).

In the realm of Christian books, many authors press their points with the emphasis of an atomic bomb. Their issue is the issue - the only real issue - which should grab the hearts, prayers, and dollars of good church folk. Whether the issue is orphan care, sex trafficking, or clean water in Africa - they pelt their readers (myself included) with statistics and guilt. Thankfully, DeYoung speaks against such tactics: "We need Christians who don't make others feel guilty (and don't feel guilty themselves) when one of us follows a different passion than another. . . . We have to be okay with other Christians doing certain good things better and more often than we do" (50-51).

DeYoung leaves few stones unturned. Everything from parenting to technology is challenged. He cautions Western Believers to not think themselves about suffering and for us to return to Sabbath rest. And he does so in a brief, readable, thoughtful way. I highly recommend Crazy Busy. It is one of my favorite reads of 2016 so far! ( )