The Way I Was Made – Chris Tomlin

Title: The Way I Was Made

Author: Chris Tomlin

Genre: Non-Fiction

This is a compact little book, spanning a little over 167 of it’s smaller pages. It feels and looks more like a coffee table book, and when I first got it I was a little disappointed that it was so small and short. But when I actually opened it up and started reading it the disappointment faded.

After finishing the book I realized that I would love an opportunity to just hang out with Chris Tomlin, not only to soak up his heart and experience and wisdom as a worship leader, but also because he comes across so humble and sincere in his book. He never presents himself has having it all together or knowing exactly what’s going on in his life. In fact, he admits things are quite the opposite. But he does an excellent job of pointing to Christ as purpose, meaning and object of life – all of it.

The book itself is a very easy read and is not directed towards worship leaders, though there is an excellent chapter on worship leading. There is a biographical feel to it in that he has scattered many different stories from his life throughout the book. And he also offers glimpses into the stories behind many of his songs, which is very neat as well.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes Chris Tomlin’s music, or the music of Passion. I would also recommend it to worship leaders because of the glimpses into worship leading that Tomlin offers in the book.

The book isn’t intended for worship leaders, but for believers in general. As I noted above, he does have one chapter which focuses a little more on worship leading, but he doesn’t get so in depth that any non-worship-leader would get distracted or want to put the book down.

All in all the book is pretty solid. An easy read. And while the theological points he makes are deep, they are not presented as such and he makes them very accessible to the reader (at least in my mind).