Recommendation

Every once in a while, a book comes along that doesn’t just encourage you — it re-centers you.

Raise Pigs. Train Kids. is one of those books.

My friend Gregg Zachary doesn’t write from theory — he writes from the trenches. From decades of ministry, real family life, hard prayers, and holy resolve. This book is a loving but firm reminder that kids don’t accidentally grow into spiritual strength. They are shaped, trained, modeled, and prayed into it.

Gregg says what a lot of us have felt but haven’t always known how to articulate: raising kids is not the same as training disciples. One is passive. The other is intentional. And the future of our families — and the Church — depends on which one we choose.

This isn’t a guilt book. It’s a get-back-on-mission book. It will challenge you, steady you, and remind you why what you’re doing matters — even on the days it feels like it’s not working.

If you’re a parent, grandparent, pastor, or leader who wants to finish well and pass something meaningful to the next generation, read this book. Mark it up. Talk about it. Live it.

Because pigs can be raised.

But kids… kids must be trained.

— Jim Wideman

Pastor, Author, Kidmin Pioneer

Nashville Tennessee