Born and raised in London, Jo Saxton worked at St Thomas� Church, Sheffield before moving to Phoenix, Arizona, where she lives with her pastor husband Chris and two daughters. She works as a church consultant and leadership coach, and is a regular speaker at Soul Survivor and Momentum.
“My friend Jo has a pastor’s heart, and that heart shines through
every page of this beautiful book. Reading these pages is like
learning from a wise friend.”—Shauna Niequist, New York Times
best-selling author of Present Over Perfect
“In these pages, Jo’s trademark wisdom is on display and accessible
to everyone who settles in for the ride. Through her gift of
delivering essential messaging with wit and wonder, Jo rekindles
the desires of your heart and reintroduces you to the life you were
meant to live. If you and this book have found your way to each
other, I have just two words to share: lucky you!”—Deidra Riggs,
national speaker and author of One: Unity in a Divided World
“We live in a noisy culture. It feels as if nearly everyone is
screaming about who we ought to be, creating a heightened sense of
anxiety and confusion. Jo Saxton, in The Dream of You, speaks
prophetically, pastorally, and practically to this crisis of
identity, because if our identity is not in Christ, we’ll struggle
with deep insecurity. We’ll pursue everything, trying to fill our
lives with meaning. With her own personal vulnerability, Jo invites
us to relinquish our broken identities and return once more to the
One who created us.”—Rev. Eugene Cho, senior pastor, Quest Church,
and author of Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of
Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?
“Jo is a friend of ours. She’s a lot of fun, but she’s also filled
to the brim with guts and grit and Jesus. This isn’t a book about
Jo; it’s about leaving behind who you thought you were and becoming
who God made you to be. You’ll be captivated by her stories and
swept away by God’s love.”—Maria and Bob Goff, authors and Jo’s
friends
“Who do you see when you look in the mirror or take a selfie? Maybe
you see blemishes, pudgy cheeks, imperfection, emptiness, and a
lost identity of yourself. The Dream of You is a reality check for
many who have gotten lost in what society requires and what others
desire of you. These false identities have created a sunken silo,
sometimes unrecognizable to us. Jo brilliantly calls us to remember
our true identities, discovering the people God created us to be.
Jo takes us on a personal discovery of ourselves, interwoven
through personal and biblical stories of broken identity that keep
us from living the lives we were created to live. She invites you
to be brave, bold, and courageous, whether you were told you had to
work harder than everyone else or that you’re not good enough and
will never be enough. God wants to redeem our stories and capture
our hearts. God wants to restore your name and purpose. He wants
you to embrace His redeeming love.”—Latasha Morrison, founder and
president of Be the Bridge
“Absolutely hands down, Jo is one of my most trusted voices in
Christian leadership. When she teaches us about our identity in
Christ, being deeply known and loved and purposed by God in The
Dream of You, the greatest testament I can offer toward her
credibility is that she texts me some version of that message every
single week. She leads auditoriums full of people, and she leads me
one-on-one. She is the real deal, and every word of this book is
the gospel truth.”—Jen Hatmaker, New York Times best-selling author
of Of Mess and Moxie
“In The Dream of You, Jo Saxton takes her readers by the hand as
she walks us through the many broken identities she once claimed
and has now relinquished in order to retain the only One who is
necessary. She does so by inviting us into the most painful
touchpoints in her life while describing what it has meant for her
to navigate her intersectional identities as a black woman who is
the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. External voices scream
incessantly, telling us who we ought to be. Even heroines like
Wonder Woman become cruel taskmasters whose images reminds us that
we will never measure up. Jo Saxton calls us to give up the
ever-elusive chase to be everything but what God has called us to
be and we are all the better for it.”—Ekemini Uwan, public
theologian
“The thing I admire most about the words Jo writes is the way in
which she lives them. She carries this message like a jug and
passes out cups of cool water to those who have been running
faster, harder, and longer. If you have lost sight of where you are
going, The Dream of You is a guidebook to help you get back on
track.”—Bianca Juarez Olthoff, speaker, advocate, and best-selling
author of Play with Fire
“Henri Nouwen wrote, ‘One of the great tragedies of our life is
that we keep forgetting who we are.’ Jo Saxton’s The Dream of You
carries the antidote to this universal problem—a book that calls us
to remember who we really are. It is a primal, human book,
crackling with life and wind and Spirit. The Dream of You doesn’t
just speak about our shared human condition, but into it with
revelatory clarity, like the prophet Ezekiel speaking to the valley
of dry bones. To truly hear these words is for your soul to come to
life. The dream Jo Saxton writes about will actually be your
awakening.”—Jonathan Martin, author of How to Survive a Shipwreck
and Prototype
“Jo writes like she teaches. With a deeply rooted foundation in
Scripture, Jo fills the pages of The Dream of You with biblical
meat along with challenging, grace-filled application. Most of this
beautiful balance of truth and grace unfolds in her personal, and
sometimes painful, journey. Authentic, funny, relatable, poignant,
and tender, this book is packed with practical direction for each
of us to discover and embrace our true identity in the unchanging
character of God. I am excited for how lives will be impacted as a
result of reading the truths found in the pages of this wonderful
book.”—Vivian Mabuni, speaker and author of Warrior in Pink: A
Story of Cancer, Community, and the God Who Comforts
“Jo writes with the same gusto with which she speaks, from a life
lived fiercely and faithfully. Without an understanding of our core
identity, we will squander the short time we have here on earth and
miss out on the story the God of the universe has written for each
of us, one of meaning and intimacy. Jo challenges us to live as we
were meant to, with power and purpose.”—Jennie Allen, author of
Nothing to Prove; founder and visionary of the IF:Gathering
“In reading Jo’s book, I wondered if she had been reading my
journals or eavesdropping on my conversations. Her writing finds us
where we are, whether we are broken, surviving, healing, or
desperate for a change. This book is not only Jo’s letter to her
readers, but it is a great reminder of the letter God is writing to
all of us. Let this book serve as your loving wake-up call to God’s
dream of you.”—Amena Brown, spoken word poet and author of How to
Fix a Broken Record
“Jo Saxton didn’t just give us a book. She gave us an invitation to
dig into Scripture, to listen to her journey, and to be honest with
ourselves and with God. She walks us through her story as a
Nigerian Brit now in the US. You can almost hear her laugh and sip
her tea as she tells us about her childhood hurts and dreams, and
she weaves it all together with a reminder that God sees us and
knows our dreams. What a needed reminder!”—Kathy Khang, author of
the forthcoming book Raise Your Voice and coauthor of More Than
Serving Tea
“Careful. You’re about to have an encounter with Jo Saxton here in
this book, and life may never be the same! Every time I am with Jo,
I am challenged, refocused, inspired, and a bit more free to rise
to my full capacity as a woman of God. With her trademark boldness
and authenticity, Jo will empower you, embolden you, and send you
out with purpose and hope to become who God always intended for you
to be all along.”—Sarah Bessey, author of Jesus Feminist and Out of
Sorts
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