“Throwing down your staff is letting go and letting God. And that's counterintuitive for those of us who are control freaks. As our executive pastor Joel Schmidgall likes to say, "You can have faith or you can have control, but you cannot have both." If you want God to do something off the chart, you have to take your hands off the controls.”

American pastor and author

Mark Batterson is an American pastor and author. He serves as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, D.C., and has written several books. His work includes Win the Day, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, and Wild Goose Chase. His New York Times bestselling book The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears was released in December 2011.