Ascend (WestBow Press) was published March 31, 2021.

“We were created to live lives of adventure. I believe that my stories will resonate with your own, motivating you to greater things, and a deeper faith.” – Matt Messner

This book is a compilation of true adventure stories, each with a life-lesson. The settings include mountain climbing, marathon running, cave exploration, travel, surfing, and competition. There are stories of disappointments and successes. Each has a powerful life-lesson that will resonate with the reader’s journey.

“This book is the closest thing in form to a kind of modern […]

The Tomb and Burial
Matt Messner Luke 23:50-54

Jesus was dead. It seemed impossible. No one expected this. Jesus…executed? Relief.
He was innocent, pure, and so loving. But it looks like evil has won.
There is the overwhelming SHOCK of grief. Jesus had brought people back from death, and now He was dead? 33 years old – so young. The Roman machine had brutally taken another life.

What was there to do now? They had been so close to establishing a new kingdom of peace, but now His followers were hiding, fearing prosecution.

The Romans preferred to leave the crucified criminals on crosses, to rot, and […]

The Kindle version will be released shortly. Amazon also has yet to upload the cover photo, but the publisher is selling the book in paperback and hard-copy.
https://www.westbowpress.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/824334-ascend