Tanner Kalina was destined for Hollywood--acting gigs and a role on Saturday Night Live were coming into focus--but he couldn't escape the nagging feeling that the limelight would never be enough. He had felt this emptiness before: when baseball stardom didn't materialize, when the thrill of stand-up comedy faded, when dancing with the ocean on a surfboard washed out, he was always left wondering what's next.
In
Aching for Greatness: Discover God's Love in the Restless Search for More, Tanner brings humor and honesty to explore this restlessness as a catalyst that drives us to something greater. "Chances are good that you know that small, hollow feeling in the pit of your stomach that taunts you with the reality that winning or making the cut still won't be enough," he writes. "This is a great realization! In fact, I believe that we must come to this realization. We're all aching to be known-truly and deeply known. We're all aching for an infinitely deep intimacy, and we often look in the wrong places to find it."
