Heath Hardesty
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All Things Together
In a world of burnout, shattered attention, digital overwhelm, and spiritual disconnection, many have lost sight of the greater story they were meant to inhabit.
All Things Together is a winsome invitation to rediscover that story through a reimagined vision of apprenticeship to Jesus—one that brings coherence to the scattered pieces of our lives and cultivates peace in a divided world. Weaving scriptural wisdom, pastoral insight, compelling storytelling, and blue-collar experience, Pastor Heath Hardesty gently guides readers into vital practices for a reintegrated life.
Whether you’re a seeker, a seasoned follower of Jesus, or simply longing for something more whole and alive, All Things Together will ignite your imagination and equip you to walk more closely with God as He transforms you into a person of greater love, lasting joy, and radiant wholeness.
Some Kind Words
“Heath Hardesty is a pastor whose emerging voice needs to be heard. His setting in the digital Babylon of Silicon Valley, mixed with his unique background as a plumber’s apprentice, plus his rare combination of a rapacious mind and joyful, humble demeanor, make him a bright light on the horizon of the American church.”
— John Mark Comer
New York Times Bestselling Author of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry and Practicing the Way, and founder of Practicing the Way.
“Heath Hardesty is the sort of thoughtful and gentle voice we need so very much in an increasingly shallow and chaotic world. He is an astute theologian armed with a humble curiosity and, maybe more importantly, a true pastor who cares deeply about people. I'm eager to see his influence continue to bring beauty and hope to many lives.”
— Jay Kim
Lead Pastor of Westgate Church and Author of Analog Church and Analog Christian
“Heath is one of those rare men that combines so many giftings that many don’t. He’s head, hands, and heart—he’s a pastor, he’s a thinker, and he’s a practitioner. He’s always thinking deeply and loving well, and I’m always interested in what he has to say.
This book is a must read! Heath’s blend of poetic, theological, and helpful makes him one of one. From pastoring to plumbing this book wove beautiful truths in beautiful and compelling ways. I’ll be buying a box full to hand out to friends!”
— Jefferson Bethke
New York Times Bestselling Author of Fighting Shadows and Take Back Your Family
From the foreword by Jon Tyson
“…but maybe what strikes me most about this book is its rootedness. I’ve seen too many Christians trying to piece together a life of faith from fragments of podcasts, conferences, and Social Media posts. It doesn’t work. We need a center that holds, a way of life that integrates all the scattered pieces of our existence under the lordship of Christ.
Heath isn’t offering theories from the safety of abstraction, he’s describing a path he’s actually walked, complete with the bruises and revelations that come from both plumbing and pastoring, out of the depths of real life. This is what All Things Together offers, not a quick fix but a way home. Not inspiration but invitation. Not more spiritual consumption but a path of transformation.
But a word of caution, don’t read this book quickly. Let it read you. Let it expose the places where your life has come unseamed. Let it point you back to the One who take the scattered fragments and turns them into a flourishing life. Heath is a pastor and a friend, and in these pages, you will find he becomes a pastor and friend to you too. His vision isn’t just that you will read some nice words about the way, but that the words will lead you to the wonder of the Way Himself, the one in whom all things hold together in love.”
— Jon Tyson
Author and Pastor of Church of the City New York
“It is true, what Iris Murdoch wrote, that perceiving itself is a moral act. Heath has the mind of a sage and the soul of a poet, and he can teach us how to see, so that we will know how to think and feel and live. He is wise in the Way as one who is literate and devout and honest and submitted. I hope this book gains a myriad of readers—and is used to further a glorious movement of apprenticeship to Jesus.”
Founder of Become New and author of STEPS and Soul Keeping.
— John Ortberg
Heath Hardesty serves as the lead pastor of Valley Community Church and is a founder of Inklings Coffee & Tea in the heart of downtown Pleasanton, California. Heath grew up in a blue-collar home and was a plumber’s apprentice in Colorado before becoming a pastor on the edge of Silicon Valley where he, his wife, and four kids now reside. He holds degrees in literature, leadership, biblical studies, and theology from the University of Colorado Boulder and Western Seminary in Portland.
A Few More Kind Words
“As a former plumber apprentice, Heath Hardesty knows a bit about apprenticeship. His book’s central claim—that apprenticeship is the essence of Christian life—is thus backed by a refreshing familiarity and authenticity. The result is a beautifully written, practical resource for spiritual formation that will help many readers flesh-out their faith. In an age of digital disintegration, All Things Together is a timely apologetic for the truth that brings hope to our hopelessness and cohesion to our chaos: Jesus is Lord.”
— Brett McCracken
Senior editor at The Gospel Coalition and author of The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World
“There are moments where a book takes your pulse, registers that you’re on the brink of barely alive, and breathes new life into your lungs. Hardesty’s book, All Things Together is water for a thirsty soul.
Heath manages to weave personal narrative, poetry, literature, and biblical wisdom into a guide book for true apprenticeship to our Savior. His erudite writing and heartfelt passion shine through, readers will be enriched and encouraged—readers ‘tolle lege.’”
— Jonathan D. Holmes
Executive Director, Fieldstone Counseling Visiting Faculty Member, CCEF
“As conversations about spiritual formation abound, there are dangers and distortions that we are prone to fall into: turning spiritual practices into a curated path to self-optimization; or making it an optional add-on, tinkering with one vacuum-sealed area of life we call "spirituality". But following Jesus is neither a life hack nor a hobby.
Heath Hardesty has painted a vision of the transformed life that doubles as a resistance to those temptations and more. This is discipleship with dirt under our fingernails. This is the formation of the fragments of our lives into a whole image, a mosaic of shards and hues through which the radiance of Christ may pass.”
— Glenn Packiam
Lead Pastor of Rockharbor Church and author, What’s A Christian, Anyway? and The Resilient Pastor
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