Tomorrow is my birthday — and I have something I’ve been carrying for a long time to share with you. My eleventh book, A Beautiful Messy Life: The Discipline of Resurrection, is being published by Saint Publishing Australia and will be released on 9 November 2025 (ISBN: 9798272939036). This book is the map I bring back from the wreckage: raw, unvarnished, and written from the middle of the work of restoration.
Why I wrote this book
A Beautiful Messy Life is not a polite, packaged self-help manual. It’s a testimony of rock bottom as holy ground, the silence that becomes a transmission room for God’s voice, and the daily, unglamorous discipline of showing up and making the next right move. It’s for the ones who are willing to endure the void, pick up the brush, and rebuild—not just a life, but themselves.
This book is for people who need permission to be honest about the mess, and for those who need a map from destruction to resurrection.
What you’ll find inside
- First‑person accounts of my fall and restoration: the receipts, the journals, and the work of making amends.
- Practical, faith‑rooted chapters on rock bottom, guarding sacred ground, the discipline of resurrection, and closing the “integrity gap.”
- A faith perspective that refuses to sugarcoat pain but points to a resurrection that reclaims scars as a map for others.
Where next
If you want to connect directly about coaching, consultations, or speaking, my site has details: www.shanereynolds.com.au. You can also find resources and support material I’ve built at thegoodnewsblog.org. You can purchase the book here.
How you can help
- Read, share, or pre-order if you can — not for my sake, but because proceeds support mental health through the Black Dog Institute: www.blackdoginstitute.org.au.
- If my story resonates, tell someone you think needs to hear it. Sometimes a single honest conversation changes a life.
- If you’re able, leave a review or pass details to a community, church, or men’s group who might benefit.
Thank you
To the people who prayed and showed up — thank you. To the readers who will carry this forward in any way, thank you. This is a messy life, and it is beautiful because it is honest and because it’s being rebuilt by a God who redeems the wreckage.
With gratitude,
Shane St Reynolds
