Pivot Points: Adventures on the Road to Christian Contentment

Marvin Olasky often says a career in journalism is like having a ringside seat to the circus. In Pivot Points, Marvin takes us with him to these choice seats. It is a fascinating look at some of the most significant events of the past 50 years, but also a deeply personal memoir. It's a story of what was, and what might have been. -Warren Cole Smith, Editor, MinistryWatch Marvin Olasky is my mentor and friend. If you read this wise and deeply personal book, he will become yours, too. -Warren Cole Smith, Editor, MinistryWatch Marvin Olasky has had a front-row seat to some of the great events of the past 50 years. In Pivot Points, we get to share in what he saw. -Warren Cole Smith, Editor, MinistryWatch Marvin Olasky shaped a generation of writers and editors as they faithfully sought to tell the stories of others. In Pivot Points, he tells his own story. It may be the best one yet. ---Warren Cole Smith, Editor, MinistryWatch
One might say that the very idea of biography is rooted in the Christian notion of the Incarnation of Christ in that in becoming fully human, the God of the universe offers the revelation of himself to human in human biography so that might traces the movements and offers of grace in our own concrete experiences. In Marvin Olasky's continuing memoir we see these graces spelled of for us in his own life, and in so doing, he prompts each of us to detect similar movements in our own lives. This is a short but potent testimony to the Hound of Heavens search for each of us.--Robert A. Sirico, Founder, Acton Institute
After reading Marvin's marvelous memoir, I am struck by its candor, courage, and Christlike focus. Candor can easily fall prey to cynicism. Pivot Points avoids the treacherous temptation of cynicism. However, you will gain strength from the author's courage amid some trying circumstances. Most importantly, you will be amazed by the grace of God to save a "wretch" like Marvin Olasky.--David Moore, Founder and President, Two Cities Ministries
I first "discovered" Marvin Olasky through one of his earlier books "The Tragedy of American Compassion" and have been a fan ever since. In his latest you'll read about a life redeemed and a life in journalism that has been full of integrity and honesty.--Cal Thomas, Syndicated Columnist
For thirty years, I was one of those World magazine subscribers who read each new issue from back-to-front, starting with Marvin Olasky's column on the last page. I suspect there were a lot of us who were anxious to read his latest assessment of the mess we call Life In America. Now we have his book, Pivot Points, that explains why he isn't at World any more (alas). "The book describes other Pivot Points in his life, from Judaism to atheism and from the Communist Party to the Christian faith. Along the way, he rides a bicycle from Boston to Oregon, lives as a homeless man to gather information about poverty, serves as an advisor to President G.W. Bush, becomes a tenured professor at the University of Texas, and tutors a generation of young writers in an exotic concept, that the purpose of journalism is...not to be Liked or to gather clicks or to be invited to banquets, but to tell the truth. "It's quite a ride and quite a read--John R. Erickson, Author and Rancher